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.
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590675
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590674
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590673
Christmas Cantata
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123428
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Glockenspiel & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596821
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596813
Musical zur Weihnachtsgeschichte
for: Soloists, children's choir (one voice), piano
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 377033
Flexi-Band [5 Parts] + Chorus [SATB], Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598148
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316342
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1289381
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1289369
Kantate zum Neujahrsfest HoWV II.29
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 772190
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 630466
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1162593
Two Songs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950235
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950010
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 951414
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1610251
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609525
für SSA und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609304
Kleine Adventskantate für gemischten Chor und Instrumente
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Ensemble score
Item no.: 226632
für gemischte Stimmen (und Klavier)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 380631
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 157426
Missa in Honorem Nativitatis Domini Nostri Jesu Christi
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 365820
KV 49
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 1556909
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126730
Singspiel für die Weihnachtszeit zu Matthäus 2,1-12
Leichtes Singspiel zu biblischem Text für den Gottesdienst von Kindern und Erwachsenen
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Lyric book
Item no.: 231424
Magnifikat
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 230991
Zwei Weihnachtskonzerte für zwei gemischte Vokal-Chöre oder zwei Bläserchöre (Blech- und/oder Holzbläser) oder Sänger- und Bläserchöre
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 117133
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 337069
Weihnachtliche Chormusik zwischen Gestern und Morgen für gemischte Stimmen (SATB)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 367005
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 371815
Choral Basics
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 131607
A Celtic Christmas Celebration
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 1690107
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 344211
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Item no.: 469097
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 565983
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374192
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374043
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375414
for: Women's choir [children's choir] a cappella
Study score
Item no.: 768979
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374542
for: Choral
Item no.: 1377090
for: Choral
Item no.: 1377080
for: Choral
Item no.: 1377020
for: Choral
Item no.: 1377019
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373114
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373882
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