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: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1562769
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 932638
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 461566
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 460546
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (3 voices), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 460517
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 446053
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 371060
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 369993
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 241228
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ/orchestra]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 192203
for: Children's choir, piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 646069
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
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 367846
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba; piano ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 262237
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: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285521
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352642
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 (SABar), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 227299
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745734
for: Narrator, youth choir, piano; melody instrument ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 692557
Oratorio "Christus am Ölberge"
Beethoven vocal Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 686996
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209081
for: Voice (baritone), children's choir (SA), strings, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 115129
Oratorio in three acts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 138371
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 476202
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901424
Traditional (Vertrauen und Hoffnung)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730188
Gospelsong nach Dan 12, 1.5 (?) (Lieder nach Texten des AT (Psalmen u.a.))
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730177
Gospelsong (Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730171
(using the Spiritual "Children, Go Where I Sent Thee") Spiritual (Ostern)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730165
Would God I were the tender apple
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728128
for SATB choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 743853
Choral Music of Our Time
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 750207
for: Male choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 738971
Capstan-Shanty
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740778
Spiritual (Tod und Ewigkeit)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 753483
Traditional Blues from the USA
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 754639
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760252
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760243
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260698
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
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