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.
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Book
Item no.: 1107685
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1107550
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985212
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984736
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984505
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984502
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 676619
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 769234
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB) [male choir (TBB)], concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184110
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 618711
Oratorium für 5 Solostimmen (SSTBB), Chor und Orchester
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Conductor score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1681268
Weltlich
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1004505
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982878
Weltlich
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1584420
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982835
Choral
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 798157
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105592
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103211
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 983047
Donald Nally Contemporary Voices
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1557285
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556759
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1091674
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Buch
Item no.: 910169
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964854
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105567
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1177815
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105356
Shawnee Press
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343055
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1634886
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101226
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 981020
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 766104
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551310
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105373
Rise and Shine Series
for: School class
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1656571
Hinshaw Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1056928
Nr. 5 aus: Spirit Songs. Five arrangements for choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 677187
Nr. 1 aus: Four Songs at Year's End
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 677191
Nr. 3 aus: Four Songs at Year's End
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 677194
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911273
for: Mixed choir (ATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1351719
Prüfungsliteratur
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1329692
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343057
Shawnee Press
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343081
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103466
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121095
TTBB a cappella
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1583056
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 914186
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