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 (1 part), 2 descant recorders, piano
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 146441
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 425337
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1154305
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1154190
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1151626
Weihnachtsmusical für Kinder von 4-11 Jahre
für Schule, Gemeinde, Vereine und Kinderchor
for: Children's choir, soloists, piano; instruments ad lib.
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 488351
Motet
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1549899
for: Male choir
Choir book
Item no.: 161063
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 608145
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 256596
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 100614
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 631891
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 795966
Ausgabe in Es
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 690452
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169404
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 919189
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856148
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126551
Collectio Cathedralis
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 663804
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 161005
Lieder, Songs & Evergreens
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Piano score
Item no.: 159547
A quattro voci concertato con Organo
Erstveröffentlichung
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 432740
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 479479
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 145432
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 126811
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 585857
Weihnachtsmusical für Soli, Darsteller, Kinderchor und Instrumente
Text- und Liedheft
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Music score
Item no.: 664272
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
ORG (PART)
Item no.: 586810
NUR zusammen mit den Chorstimmen lieferbar!
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 204904
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 177634
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 476389
unter Verwendung der "Pastorale" aus dem Weihnachtskonzert op. 6/8 von Arcangelo Corelli
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Piano score
Item no.: 190751
Geistliches Volkslied aus dem 16. Jahrhundert
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 168568
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549921
2 Octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919164
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1095040
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 920733
Let Us Sing Noel
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038737
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122767
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123144
Weihnachtskantate für gemischten Chor, (Chor-) Solisten, Sprecher/-in, Ausdruckstanz ad libitum und Orchester oder Orgel (Klavier)
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Piano score
Item no.: 661044
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1667766
"Christkindlmesse"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 776110
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126679
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855908
4-Hand Piano Part
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 859421
Neuinstrumentierung (2001)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Ensemble score Violin 1,2
Item no.: 690347
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 938451
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