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.
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 880295
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1651685
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 951386
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 857453
für SSA und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609052
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1059305
Schlesische Volksweise
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677620
Sopran-Solo ad lib.
for: Women's choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 670185
Acht neue geistliche Lieder
Chorpartitur ohne Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 658398
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124537
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985729
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002486
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167718
Pavane Secular
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168960
Celebrating the Songs of Israel Houghton
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330770
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984908
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904235
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984983
Transcontinental Music Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326269
Transcontinental Music Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326496
Gentry Publications
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326837
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 965135
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 927167
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965306
Friday Evening Service
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 1326313
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903576
SSAATTBB a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 899916
Brookfield Easter Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 965459
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965479
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 904282
Integrity Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330713
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 902526
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 797149
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169675
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167717
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169646
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1327060
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985416
Pavane Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168427
Gentry Publications
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1327042
Transcontinental Music Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326412
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985711
Heart's Delight/My Beloved
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326503
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965446
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001883
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985117
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1354136
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167455
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