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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 602706
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 147201
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 177003
Eine zauberhafte Reise in die Zeit der Lichterfeste, Advent und Weihnachten für Gesang und Klavier (Melodieinstrument in C ad libitum)
18 Lieder zum Zuhörern und Mitsingen
for: Children's choir [solo voice], piano [guitar/keyboard]; melody instrument (C) ad lib.
Songbook
Item no.: 656164
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167356
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 318908
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901098
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901092
for: Choir (3 voices)
Music score
Item no.: 776168
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 576584
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 1617043
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 193179
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392278
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 458411
NUR zusammen mit den Chorstimmen lieferbar!
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 204904
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930549
Weihnachtsmusical für Soli, Darsteller, Kinderchor und Instrumente
Text- und Liedheft
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Music score
Item no.: 664272
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 428066
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 293790
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 335929
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 764424
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684984
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 813667
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 661486
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 461677
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824883
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813471
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204885
for: Mixed choir (SAB/SATB); instruments ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 204821
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Partitur
Item no.: 147122
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280928
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202330
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 577887
for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 768031
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800531
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1169559
for: Choir
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1168367
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805122
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812841
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807329
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806957
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 802991
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 801564
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 965480
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812920
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812115
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