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.: 901800
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896465
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 883242
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 647424
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 898408
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 880657
Motette
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 878617
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 910304
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 885500
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 911232
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 905983
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904257
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 897796
Klassik
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 884659
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 880833
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 870764
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 647317
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 645226
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 893050
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 646607
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 892709
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 889805
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 885770
Zeitgenössische Chorlieder von Tages- und Jahreszeiten
a cappella bzw. mit Klavier
for: Children's choir, piano
Noten, Chorpartitur
Item no.: 643662
Shawnee Press
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1343094
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 905591
Oratorium
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1042926
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125077
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 906930
H.T. Fitzsimons Co
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1353424
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167466
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965627
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985487
Musik zu Shakespeares Komödie
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1582062
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 889760
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 874533
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982733
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 888027
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125274
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902562
var 9 An Advantage Over The Cause (from Maxims And Minuums)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 964905
Judith Clurman Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904005
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903725
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902319
Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901963
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901482
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901251
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897232
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