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.
8 Nuove canzoni con basi musicali, leggende, disegni e curiosità sulla festa più attesa dai bambini.
for: School class
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1012907
Einsingsequenzen für Kinder von 7-12 Jahren
for: Children's choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 773202
Lochamer Liederbuch
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753976
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753969
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740361
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740349
Deutsches Volkslied; aus: Volkslieder
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731007
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730997
Deutsches Volkslied; aus: Schott's Chorbuch III
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753978
for: Voice (high), mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 777039
Ritmo di Joropo
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753980
Deutsches Volkslied; aus: Volkslieder
for: Women's choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753979
Psalm 92, 2-3
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753971
Nr. 2 aus: Es muss geschieden sein
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731008
Deutsches Volkslied; aus: Schott's Chorbuch III
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731006
Kanon
for: Women's choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730998
aus op. 19
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 737050
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733619
16. Jahrhundert; nach BWV 251
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730999
aus der "Deutschen Messe" D 872
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731001
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
2 Playback-CDs (choir part bass)
Item no.: 299182
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Alto
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
2 Playback-CDs (choir part alto)
Item no.: 299180
for: Mixed choir (SMezATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 634539
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 332173
50 pieces from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and the Baltic States
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 680587
Bosse Hits a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 691322
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 616676
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732697
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 622444
Für Chor gemacht!
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1356025
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 487758
25 Choral Highlights for Upper Voices. Piano and instrumental accompaniments
for: Women's choir, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 687166
für gemischten Chor (SATB)
Bosse Hits a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 487772
for: Children's choir
Songbook
Item no.: 268903
Für Chor gemacht!
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 690282
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm group (piano/keyboard, guitar, bass, drums)
Vocal score, ensemble scores
Item no.: 143179
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 677305
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 185869
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Choir score, ensemble scores
Item no.: 311497
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1161785
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 558215
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 117972
60 choral highlights for upper voices
From 16th century to the present day
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 659893
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760671
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 743186
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1161787
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1161783
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 576343
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