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.
Christmas Carol
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4047
for: Women's choir (SAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 426135
(Austria)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756207
(Russia)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756215
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751460
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760313
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 743274
Orchesterfassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 clarinets (B-flat), 2 horns (C), 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 tenor horns, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 499741
Distinguished Choral Music
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 758368
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671617
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, cello
Score
Item no.: 1023514
für gemischten Chor a capella
Traditionelle Texte in originellen Sätzen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1659873
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 793500
(Slovenia)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756216
(Gelobet seist Du, Jesu Christ)
aus: Newe Deudsche Geistliche Gesenge für die Gemeinen Schulen
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5239
(France)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726411
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 1677134
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732946
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 900042
Pop und Rock
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1354448
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 642066
Weihnachtliche Kantate für drei gleiche Stimmen, Solosopran und Instrumente
for: Solo voice (soprano), women's choir (SSA) [male choir (TTB)], instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 680135
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 855312
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342684
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 780538
Navidad en Latinoamérica 1
for: Women's choir (SSA/SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1015478
hear Those Christmas Bells
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121265
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 795967
Weihnachtslied für Chor (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1663947
Oratorium
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103113
see - A Christmas Triptych
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1150491
A Carol for Christmas
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038206
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125607
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918437
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1107863
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126410
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077186
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760303
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169400
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1152526
Einzelabgabe ohne Chorpartituren nur mit Antikopierstempel!
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 635152
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1193373
Early English Church Music 4
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 769049
TTBB Full Score Version 2
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1038332
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856651
All Peoples Witness
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039305
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122966
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 594520
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