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: Children's choir (1 voice), the parish, instruments
Score
Item no.: 423769
for: Mixed choir (3–4 parts) a cappella
Conductor's score, audio CD
Item no.: 672900
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, cello, organ; 2 trumpets, timpani ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 455884
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 149186
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 621376
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 656485
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 656484
for: Children's choir, narrator, actors, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 663342
Weihnachtsoratorium für Soli, Sprecher, Chor und Orchester
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 365392
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802061
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 648727
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 631016
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805821
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1349818
for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
Item no.: 1375037
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374724
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374644
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374541
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373881
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373248
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373091
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373013
Lieder, Songs & Evergreens
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 633521
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 657610
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Piano score
Item no.: 332057
Weihnacht
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1209918
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167310
Orgelfassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1682210
für gem Chor (SAM) und Orgel (Instrumente ad lib)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 664871
Einzelabgabe ohne Chorpartituren nur mit Antikopierstempel!
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 616024
AZ-VIII/1:D1 für gemischten Chor und Orchester
Monumenta musicae Slovacae
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 661956
from Once Upon a Night
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125827
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122981
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169423
Paket: Partitur + CD-Rom mit Orchesterstimmen zum Ausdrucken
Musik aus Klöstern, Kirchen und Fürstenhöfen Band 6
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score, CD-ROM
Item no.: 629915
Jazz for Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125464
3-5 Oct. w/opt. 3-6 Oct. Handchimes
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855394
3-5 oct. w/opt. Percussion
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857367
Brass & Percussion Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 919388
3-6 oct.
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918904
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