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.
A Blockbuster Musical for Young Voices
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811671
A Soulful Celebration
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810427
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167797
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167572
für gemischten Chor und Orgel (Klavier) ad libitum
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 381126
Weihnachten
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862344
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815597
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815286
Discovery Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812288
Discovery Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808602
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 810995
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812180
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 807422
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807607
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 230972
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 145419
16 leichte Chorsätze in Originalsprache und mit singbaren deutschen Texten für gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 669536
French Sacred Music
for: Mixed choir (4–6 parts) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 659316
Geistliche Chormusik Nr. 12
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Music score
Item no.: 739702
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730719
(Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730055
Text: Böhmische Brüder; Mel.: 14. Jahrhundert (Ostern)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730049
nach einer anonymen Vorlage um 1608
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 746580
Aus Böhmen
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740055
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375052
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374974
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373536
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373394
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375379
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373239
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373014
for: Choral
Item no.: 1562355
for: Choral
Item no.: 1562322
From A Consort Of Choral Christmas Carols
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1619083
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317507
Zwei Liedsätze
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115209
Weihnachtskantate (Choralkantate) für Vokalchor und Posaunen-Chor (auch Blech- oder Holzbläser)
Werkreihe für Bläser und Sänger
for: Choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 115989
Weihnachts-Introitus
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115883
Polnisches Weihnachtslied für gemischten Chor (SATB)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 664949
Cantata for Christmas Day
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 552478
for: Women's choir (SMezA), harp
Score, solo part
Item no.: 476972
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 494596
Christrosenlied
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 138721
komponiert für das Festival "Les Noelis" 2006
chormusik am koelner dom Vol. 1
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 480431
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309779
Oratorium
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 179130
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 561158
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 893655
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