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.
incorporating Toyland & Christmas Was Meant for Children
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126131
für Solo, Frauen- oder Jugendchor und Klavier
for: Soloist (soprano), women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 658444
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 170052
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 586885
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121430
Quartet
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 856766
Heft 1: für gemischt. Chor, meist SATB, z. T. mit Instr; ; herausgegeben vom VEKD
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 279336
Chorheft 2: 41 Sätze / meist Coro SATB; zum EG-Regionalteil Niedersachsen/Bremen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 337880
aus dem Tessin (Noi siamo i tre re)
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 243158
Singt
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 291461
Raff works vol. 15/3 (Urtext, first edition)
for: Mixed choir (8 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 289852
For Advent and Christmas
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 1193345
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 418641
for: Male choir
Item no.: 313176
16 neue Chorlieder für die Vorweihnachtszeit für Männerchor (TTBB)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 312367
16 neue Chorlieder für die Vorweihnachtszeit für gemischten Chor (SATB)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 300810
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1656649
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169434
Christmas Collection
for: Brass band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 693312
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
CD
Item no.: 472391
Faber New Choral Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Item no.: 132360
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1671784
Noton
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203477
Ein Weihnachts-Musical der besonderen Art für 7- bis 11-Jährige
Helbling Mini-Musicals
for: Children's choir, instruments
Book
Item no.: 579518
Musica Practica Bd 9
for: Choir
Music score
Item no.: 144887
Singspiel für die Weihnachtszeit zu Matthäus 2,1-12
Leichtes Singspiel zu biblischem Text für den Gottesdienst von Kindern und Erwachsenen
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Set of parts
Item no.: 231425
10 Exemplaires
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1070890
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 375924
Ankündigung der Geburt Jesu. Evangeliendialog. Aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte II
gleicher Notentext wie Ave Maria SWV 334
for: 2 soloists (SA), favorit choir (SSATB), 5 melodic instruments, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 231803
Chorheft 1: Advent/ Weihnachten
for: Mixed choir (3–4 parts) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 691370
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126583
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124322
Oratorio fragment
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Complete Orchestral Parts (Part 1 and 2)
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 683339
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1656116
Sinfonische Liedkantate I
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 620526
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562962
with Coventry Carol
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1656682
known as "Messa per la notte di natale" / first edition
for: 3 soloists (TBarB), mixed choir (SATTB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 765227
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 1667000
Kantate zum 3. Weihnachtsfesttag (Urfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 484581
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 657126
Cantata for the 2nd day of Pentecost
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233137
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121287
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122196
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 344546
Faber New Choral Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 376369
Christmas Collection
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 215375
A Christmas Jubilee
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122082
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