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.
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 386091
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 386066
Eine Weihnachtskantate
for: Mixed choir, piano
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1204010
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 278981
für Sopran, Chor, 2 Trompeten, 2 Violinen, Baß und Pauken
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 334465
Kantate für 4 Solisten, gemischten Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 624275
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 374035
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 376808
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 187049
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.: 1671381
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 145692
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 334573
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 323756
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 493658
Edition Vieweg (Musikschätze vergangener Zeiten)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 364274
for: Women's choir (SSA) [mixed choir (SAT)] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 154996
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1126773
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123154
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 823548
auch im Stimmensatz enthalten
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673458
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 370106
Heft 1
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 243445
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
mit Kopierrecht
Item no.: 472373
for: Winds class (flexible winds ensemble); choir ad lib.
Single part tuba B-flat (bass clef)
Item no.: 291216
for: Winds class (flexible winds ensemble); choir ad lib.
Single part Horn (F)
Item no.: 291209
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 271972
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 371730
Sechs Weihnachtslieder
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 797527
Weihnachtslied aus Oberschlesien
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 633548
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 825750
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125973
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1013723
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 823529
Potpourri beschwingter Weihnachtslieder für gemischten Chor und Klavier (mit dt. Text) oder zus. mit Gitarre, Bass, Schlagzeug
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 772304
für SATB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1608712
für TTBB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1608437
for: Mixed choir, organ
Book
Item no.: 990255
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125027
(StudioTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124028
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826423
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123276
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825430
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Chor 2, Instrument 3
Item no.: 661215
A Cantata for Advent and Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825869
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 935178
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 937185
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, CD
Item no.: 847652
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764207
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