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.
Galopp "Schön ist's im Winter"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 242757
aus: Magnificat octo tonorum
for: 4 voices [mixed choir], (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 423726
Weihnachtskantate
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 236161
from "Josua"
for: 3 soloists (SSA/TTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235508
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 233078
für gemischten Chor und Orgel (Klavier), optional Blechbläser (2 Trompeten, Horn und Posaune)
John Festerman und den Old North Singers gewidmet
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 380901
Süddeutsche Kirchenmusik des Barock, Band XXXII, Erstdruck
ab 50 Ex.: 5%, ab 100Ex.: 10%
for: 2 solists (SA), mixed choir (SABar), 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 334674
Weihnachtsoratorium in drei Teilen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 490430
(Set)
for: Choir
2 Playback-CDs (without sheet music)
Item no.: 494724
for: Male choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 419909
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1652407
Singspiel zu Weihnachten
for: Children's choir (1 voice), the parish, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 231467
Heinz Tust
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115074
Ein schönes Weihnachtslied nach der bekannten bolivianischen Volksweise „El Condor Pasa“.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 662827
Pastorale über ein Weihnachtslied des 18. Jahrhunderts
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Organ reduction
Item no.: 300195
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 558869
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 656476
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 656474
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano; percussion ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745997
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 924263
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933225
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 932870
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 932252
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930496
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934417
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933935
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912082
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910631
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910181
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 909350
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 937840
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 940664
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 939420
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 939347
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934667
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934506
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936569
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936110
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 944599
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 946932
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 945134
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 945507
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905337
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 904919
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 902605
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