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: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 281082
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1105897
"Reben, Reben so weit man schaut"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203850
Nr. 2 Mein Mädel hat einen Rosenmund
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203787
5. Glück "Glück ist wie ein Sonnenblick"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 203778
4. Morgengloria "Dunkel, über der Erde noch"op. 110
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203674
"Sankt Paulus war ein Medikus"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203588
3. Schottland: Armes Herz
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203579
(Schwaben)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203517
"Es, es, es und es"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203513
"Es tanzen Mond und Sterne"op. 28
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Bass 1
Item no.: 203472
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 202843
op. 15
for: Male choir
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 202737
op. 15
for: Male choir
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 202736
Nr. 1 Menschenbeifall
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202701
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 202466
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 202455
1. Mensch, steh still und fürcht michop. 79
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202410
1. Freund, solln wir allesamtop. 75
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202321
op. 15
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 203386
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203352
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 203286
Mädchen am Brunnen "Dana ging aus" (Bulgarien)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203235
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 203167
nach einem flämischen Text von Wolf Gert (14. Jh.)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203114
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203053
Chorzyklus
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203037
4. Dort unter der Linde
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 202847
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 145049
for: Women's choir (3 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 146201
for: Male choir
Item no.: 433621
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 144833
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 152834
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 358542
Offertorium
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 159697
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 154566
Vokalmusik Aus Dem Ostseeraum 4
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 153347
Sonnenhymnus aus der Freimaurer-Kantate, KV 429
for: Voice (high), mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 409568
Komische Kantate
for: Voice (baritone), children's choir (SA), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 145510
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 145498
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 459647
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 459516
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 149829
Motet
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); instruments ad lib.
Single part Violone [Double bass]
Item no.: 149707
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 151329
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 459631
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyrics
Item no.: 137021
Sound Of Norway
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 136431
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