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.
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 552480
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Chor 2, Instrument 2
Item no.: 661214
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Chor 2, Instrument 1
Item no.: 661213
Weihnachts-Motette
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 362501
für vier Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Orchester und Orgel
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 681781
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 278551
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764224
for: Male choir
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764211
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764201
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762598
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762948
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933320
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911635
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 844780
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843413
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423517
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 607232
for: Mixed choir, organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 603279
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1632578
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 654868
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 644866
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 145449
for: Children's choir
Score
Item no.: 309096
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 119263
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1160949
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1136797
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Score
Item no.: 687317
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 424317
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003576
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003043
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002468
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003581
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1003213
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965357
for: Choir
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1167589
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804245
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804814
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801580
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809423
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806534
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807911
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811229
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1021455
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806229
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