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.
aus: Messiah (Nr. 1215)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 236016
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Sing Noel and We Wish You a Merry Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1656330
Together We Sing Series
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125422
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125059
Die schönsten Advents- und Weihnachtslieder
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 472375
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1057760
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124471
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 311654
Spanish Carol
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902365
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1057339
für SSA und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1608999
für SSA und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1608987
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1610018
Choralkantate
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Choir score
Item no.: 695775
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950424
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 474858
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 550762
for: Choir
Bücher-Set
Item no.: 946000
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 942997
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 942885
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 942061
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 944775
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 565920
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 469087
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746000
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 576552
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 696795
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 764234
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762501
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 764445
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763328
Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte
for: Narrator, mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671410
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 933290
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 932613
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934917
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934524
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934372
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934086
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 933549
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 931335
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936875
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 935842
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 928099
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 927907
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 924276
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930609
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910928
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929426
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