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
Choir score
Item no.: 1566886
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1546470
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1535256
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 866681
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 1107685
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1107550
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677159
for: Mixed choir (SMezATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 851097
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 672456
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 822498
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777653
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 777469
from Oklahoma!
Pop Choral Series
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762085
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 690641
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 686687
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1215735
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 811917
for: School class
Buch und Instrument
Item no.: 798307
for: Concert band; voice [choir] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 667862
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746122
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 604130
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 460546
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 369993
Hunting Cantata
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 797986
Cantata for the 7th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach–Ausgaben (Urtext)
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 666989
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) [8 voices], 4 strings [brass winds], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 662998
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 660285
Cantata for St. John’s Day
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232779
for: Mixed choir (SAATB), 2 violins, viola, 2 oboes, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1645496
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1645477
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745734
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209081
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm section [piano]
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8055
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8042
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8036
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8034
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, choir score, audio files (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8025
Kantate zum Sonntag nach Neujahr
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 666634
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 798130
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1664366
B minor BWV 103
Cantata for the Sunday of Jubilate
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 233588
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3259
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1149507
for: Mixed choir (2 voices), keyboard [guitar]
Score
Item no.: 5011
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5003
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4001
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745693
HWV 54
for: 6 soloists (SSATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 550475
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