Looking for something to inspire your local choir or choral society? Our extensive range of choral repertoire includes works for Mixed Choir, Male Voice Choir, Female Voice Choir, Children’s & Youth Choirs, and Senior’s Choir, singing a Capella, with piano accompaniment, and with various other ensembles up to full orchestra.
Choral singing began to take form in the 9th & 10th Centuries, with the unison Gregorian Chant or Plain Chant. From the early Renaissance period, through composers like Palestrina , di Lasso and William Byrd true polyphonic choral music blossomed, and crescendo-ed through to a wonderful climax with Thomas Tallis’ Spem in alium for 40 parts, divided into 8 choirs.
As the form developed through the Renaissance into the Baroque period, composers such as Bach, Telemann and Händel gave the choir more and more autonomy, and through early operas and oratorios, married solo voices, choirs and orchestras together, to create these new musical forms, and inspired audiences with combinations of colours and sounds they had never before experienced.
Although there were many operas and oratorios written in the Classical period, sacred music also took a prominent role in shaping the development of choral music. While the chorus became a very useful tool on stage, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven composed many Masses, Requiems, Te Deums and Anthems to help brighten the world of church music, and uplift the hearts and souls of the congregation.
As opera continued to expand and stretch dramatic boundaries, choral music of the Romantic period was characterised by choral motets and anthems, and the oratorio grew into an even more varied and contrasting form. The oratorios Elijah and Paul are particularly noteworthy, since despite using Sacred themes, through the various musical facets at Mendelssohn’s disposal, they began to take on a much more operatic narrative. This can also be seen in the Requiems of Brahms and Verdi, where the choir itself, along with the orchestra, lead the dramatic storytelling.
Through the 20th Century, composers such as Ralf Vaughan Williams, Anton Webern, Arnold Schönberg, Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar composed extensively for varying choral forces. Through these composers and many others, we begin to see choirs being tested and stretched, both technically and dramatically, and being pushed out of their comfort zone in order to inspire, shock and entice the audience. Works like Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Schönberg’s Friede auf Erden made a huge impact on the choral landscape.
In the modern era, new choral genres such as Gospel Choir, Pop Ensembles and Jazz & Swing emerged. Composers like John Rutter, Karl Jenkins, Bob Chilcott and Andrew Lloyd Webber have become very popular.
for: Choir
Songbook
Item no.: 489585
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 328200
"Christkindlmesse"
Stimmensatz - Klarinette und Horn
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts (Wind instruments)
Item no.: 775920
for: Women's choir (SAA) a cappella
Item no.: 465142
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121110
for: Mixed choir (4–8 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 372940
Die kleine Kantate zur Weihnachtszeit
for: Narrator, soloists, children's choir, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 142118
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 420011
for: Children's choir
CD
Item no.: 398617
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 158124
Koerblad 126
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 345273
for: Male choir
Item no.: 552115
KV 109 (74e)
Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1652969
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Item no.: 160211
Kompositionen für Orgel und Chor über Themen der großen deutschen Advents und Weihnachtstradition.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 335001
Walzer für Männerchor und Klavier
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 382488
Weihnachtslied aus Estland
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 136475
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1125067
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1689426
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 602980
Adventslied
aus Salzburg und Oberbayern
for: Male choir (TTBB), chamber ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 473956
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 290114
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121286
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1670762
Neue alpenländische Chorlieder für Männerchor (TTBB)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 372435
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 464153
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124627
20 traditionelle Advents- und Weihnachtslieder für 1- oder 2-stimmigen Kinderchor und Klavier
children's voices
for: Children's choir (1-2 voices), piano; melody instrument ad lib.
ChorSolo part(s), Piano score
Item no.: 669315
from The Voices Of Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124967
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124126
From The Voices of Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123680
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122748
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1608670
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1608440
Choral Concert Series
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 185116
für SSA und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1610075
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609911
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609548
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1349725
(Weihnacht, frohe Weihnacht)
Aus "Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel"
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 681070
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1610246
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950064
Mit Klavierstimme für die Chorprobe
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 649590
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 459743
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Item no.: 121012
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169452
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167451
O Come All Ye Faithful
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB), orchestra
Score, Set of parts, 10 Choir scores
Item no.: 1560838
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