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; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Sheet music
Item no.: 2315
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1161
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753815
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 743502
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733558
"Ave, Marry"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730717
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934354
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2464
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919043
nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift
für Soli, Chor und Orgel oder Orchester
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]; orchestra ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 137636
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280797
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807098
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041662
EOS - Eulenburg Orchestral Series (komplett) (complete)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; oboe [trumpet], 2 violas, 3 trombones colla parte ad lib.
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 294127
Weihnachtsoratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 287172
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 367092
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 633884
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 648737
for: Brass band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1690700
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123858
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126788
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169433
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169424
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126074
Quintet Collection
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 918790
10 Exemplaires
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1020198
for: Male choir
Item no.: 1652838
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1058306
Bass & Drum Parts
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919140
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124846
Als der Sohn geboren war
Weihnachtsmotette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; soloists, 2 trumpets ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 637915
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122188
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126412
aus: Responsoria ad Matutinum in Nativitate Domini MH 639,1
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 670514
Ein Musical zur Weihnachtszeit nach einer Geschichte von Peter Schindler
für Soli, Kinderchor, und Instrumente
Bläserstimmen (kompletter Satz)
for: Children's choir, narrator, chamber orchestra [piano]
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 472575
Ein kleines Singspiel zur Advents- und Weihnachtszeit
for: Children's choir, piano
Score, Audio-CD
Item no.: 472392
Mitternachtsmesse zu Weihnachten
Urtext-Ausgabe – Musique sacrée française
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 678030
Brieger Christnacht 1944
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor, strings, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 177431
Für Solo, Frauen- oder Jugendchor und Klavier
for: Soloist (soprano), women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 658441
Ein Musical zur Weihnachtszeit
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 770272
Die Krippe / The Manger
Oratorium
for: 5 solo voices (SATBarB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 229930
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 371393
Choralkantate XI
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 232442
nach alten und neuen Weisen
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 633726
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 670410
Sing
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 204906
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (piano reduction)
Item no.: 218210
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 145785
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