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.
Jeg Er Sa Glad Hver Julekveld
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123532
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122562
Mark Foster
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123296
A Christmas Jubilee
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122081
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825410
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126271
Kantate
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1019907
(CD 10-Pak)
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1656900
Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte nach Lukas unter Verwendung bekannter und weniger bekannter Weihnachtslieder
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 158026
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 422930
KV 195 (186d)
Einzelstimme Org.
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 235104
KV 109 (74e)
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235064
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
ORG ST
Item no.: 470679
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 131825
for: Mixed choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 952260
for: Winds class (flexible winds ensemble); choir ad lib.
Single part Trumpet [Cornet]
Item no.: 273558
The Music of Johan de Meij
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1208929
The Music of Johan de Meij
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1208790
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 191847
Cchoere Zur Weihnacht
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [piano]
Piano score
Item no.: 248241
für Soli, Chor, 2 Trompeten, Pauken, 2 Trompeten, Pauken, Streicher und Orgel
Musik aus Ostbayern Heft 7a
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 446640
Weihnachtskantate für Bariton solo, gem Chor und Streicher
Komplettes Orchestermaterial
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 617760
op. 12
Stimmensatz
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235705
Cantata for Christmas Day
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 552476
for: Children's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 231171
Kantate zum 3. Weihnachtsfesttag (Urfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233900
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233084
Cantata for the 1st day of Christmas
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 227892
Mass with Christmas hymns
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 774736
Per Solo Assemblea E Schola A Piu' Voci
for: Mixed choir, organ
Book
Item no.: 990245
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 325975
for: Voices
Songbook
Item no.: 333880
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621054
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1013747
für SATB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609492
für SSA und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1610074
Boosey's Choral Miscellany Nr. 50
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 647421
Geistliche Lieder zu vier und fünf Stimmen
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 310499
Thesauri Musik
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 310477
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 847702
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762947
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762508
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Play-along CD 1
Item no.: 744860
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764209
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764197
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843577
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 936793
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911884
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