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.
5 Volkslieder aus der Renaissance
Musik mit Anspruch für Frauenchor SSAA a cappella
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 817124
6 traditionelle Advent- und Weihnachtslieder aus Europa
Musik mit Anspruch für Frauenchor
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book, online audio (app)
Item no.: 817125
pour cinq voix d'hommes & piano
for: Male choir (5 parts), piano
Score
Item no.: 817025
aus: Sonne, Mond und Sterne
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1586486
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 816894
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 816895
Möseler Chorreihe 20
for: Mixed choir (SATB/ATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 816859
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 816845
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 816835
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 798197
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 798198
ShowTrax CD
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 798196
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 798194
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 798193
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 798195
Optional Choral Part
Eric Whitacre Choral
enthält 40 Exemplare
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 798172
Disney Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 798161
Optional Choral Part
Eric Whitacre Choral
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 798171
Medley
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 798128
Medley
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 798125
Discovery Level 2
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 798138
VoiceTrax CD
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 798104
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 798103
(from "Brave")
Disney Choral Series
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 798119
Oxford Contemporary Repertoire Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 798121
Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 798169
from Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Disney Choral Series
ShowTrax CD
for: Mixed choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 798116
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 798144
Discovery Choral
VoiceTrax CD
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 798151
Discovery Choral
ShowTrax CD
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 798147
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 798139
Judith Clurman Choral Series
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 798107
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 798174
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 798130
Eric Whitacre Concert Band
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 798173
Andrea Ramsey Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 798165
Rollo Dilworth Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 798163
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 798149
Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 798167
from Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Disnex Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 798114
Choral
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 798157
Discovery Choral
VoiceTrax CD
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 798155
Discovery Choral
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Score
Item no.: 798153
Pop Choral Series
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 798108
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 798152
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 798106
(from "Waitress")
Broadway Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 798105
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 798162
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