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
Book
Item no.: 832200
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 832145
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 887810
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 861894
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 494468
komponiert anlässlich des Deutschen Katholikentages 1952
Johann Lütter: Gesamtausgabe der vollendeten Werke
for: Mixed choir, piano
Klavierauszug, Chorpartitur
Item no.: 1200188
5.1 Incenerite spoglie, avara tomba (Lagrime d’amante al sepolcro dell’amata. Sestina - Prima parte)
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1551435
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 310805
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 430440
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1565237
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1608817
The Fugitives
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1625600
"Frau Sonne lacht zum Fenster hell herein" - Walzerop. 354
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Chorstimme
Item no.: 1111999
6 Mottetti brevi e Ave Regina Coelorum
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 990240
Oper in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 296880
Nr. 3 Da unten im Tale
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 303051
Oper in einem Aufzug op. 81
Richard Strauss – Sämtliche Bühnenwerke
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 366075
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 358994
Freely Adapted for S.A.T.B., With Piano Or Organ
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 189164
für SSA und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1610127
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 327434
Fünf Stücke für Chor, Klavier, Tablatrommeln und Tanpura. Text Indische Ton- und Rasa-Namen
for: Choir
Chorpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 117589
Motette für vier- bis achtstimmigen Solo- und Tuttichor
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 117219
Choralpartita
for: Choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 115575
mit Kritischem Bericht
Brahms Gesamtausgabe Serie V Bd. 2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1551881
Frauenchor
Chorpartitur
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1618614
for: Choral
Item no.: 1368688
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1627591
General Anthem for SAB Voices and Piano
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Item no.: 1627478
Call to Worship or General Anthem
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 1345946
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1345945
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1345530
Brunelle Cathedral Series
for: Mixed choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 894877
Traditional Scottish/Irish Folk Song
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902841
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 989071
4 Mottetti Francescani
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 989046
Zehn Motetten
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 989242
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 990069
Choral Vivace
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 584865
für 6-stimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella - nach einem Text von L. Tieck
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 380326
Tempore Ascensionis
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 969248
Geistliche Volkslieder in leichten Sätzen
for: Mixed choir (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 643841
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1628279
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1660804
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1660796
Ein Musical auf Hoher See
for: Children's choir, soloists, piano; instruments ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 1340575
Tonart: As-Dur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 817704
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