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: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 964410
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100843
Oboe
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1159074
GIA Ars Antiqua
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1156089
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125478
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1155596
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1156600
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1173717
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1154435
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324623
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 659559
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SABar), 2 violins, cello, organ; 2 horns ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1550393
A Cantata of Hope and Peace
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 824320
SATB a cappella
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1161046
Spanische Fantasie
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 497575
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Item no.: 455805
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 295981
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 296379
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 550971
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1120943
Psalm 104 op. 1 Nr. 7
Umfang des Stimmensets: 3/3/2/1-Orgel
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 637787
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115084
Klassik
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 252553
Klassik
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 252507
Klassik
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 251032
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 273575
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 273227
Early Music Library 286
for: Choir (8 voices); 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Item no.: 292188
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 292162
for: Women's choir, piano
Item no.: 266203
Los Cantares De America Latina Choral Series
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 556808
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 293319
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 827295
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826755
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867714
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960216
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 307113
Mexikanischer Mambo
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; mandolin orchestra [guitar, bass, percussion] ad lib.
Set of parts (Zupforchester)
Item no.: 497557
Spirituals (mit dt. und engl. Text)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 497558
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 797420
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 645490
Kirk Franklin Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126605
aus dem Film „Rosen in Tirol“
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 497560
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 307039
Motette nach Worten des 104. Psalms für 5stg. gem. Chor a capp.
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 643278
Liebliche Blume - Nr. 2 aus op. 48
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043852
for: Narrator, Children's choir (1-2 parts), mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ; the parish ad lib.
Viola, cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1653593
for: Women's choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 647114
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