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.
für SSA und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1608986
für SATB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609530
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 938575
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936697
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936439
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934355
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933313
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 900843
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Flute 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681833
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764223
15 Canti Natalizi e 12 Pastorali
for: Mixed choir, organ
Book
Item no.: 990119
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 587348
for: Mixed choir (SAB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 499197
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 649895
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 432777
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 882651
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965553
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003126
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002802
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534438
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1021452
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1022385
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803706
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807338
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803807
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811383
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808148
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808010
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 171274
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1705648
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1155144
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751945
Volksweisen aus Westfalen
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751664
for: Women's choir [children's choir] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 433579
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 313183
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 562571
for: Mixed choir (6 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 474878
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 892559
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 471600
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1551785
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308911
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308907
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308873
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 205526
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 867621
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 645022
for: Male choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 445391
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