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.
Walzer "Frau Sonne lacht zum Fenster hell herein"op. 354
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 1111963
"Wiener Wald! Wie es schallt" - Walzerop. 325
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Chorstimme
Item no.: 1111886
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1557911
"Ich rufe zu Gott"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 205033
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1639786
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 625490
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 641603
for: Women's choir a cappella
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 107009
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 643415
Motette zum Totenfest
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202457
6. Geistesgruß "Hoch auf dem alten Turme steht des Helden edler Geist"op. 25
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 205029
From The Wondrous Story
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125602
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808948
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 319788
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806272
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805013
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 810132
Smoking and Drinking
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 280085
Incorporating the hymn tunes Morecambe and Eventide
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 937109
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 937044
Incorporating the hymn tune Woodworth
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 928795
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934273
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 909524
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 900915
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806472
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 319343
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824821
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122354
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815613
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 825583
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 925651
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 925291
Contemporary Church Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 315382
Chester Books Of Motets
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 315058
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 926765
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 906667
Shenandoah - The Water Is Wide
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904244
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 902872
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 902794
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 933567
Incorporating the hymn tune Woodworth
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 933536
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 806596
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 937105
Incorporating the hymn tune Woodworth
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934708
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 319716
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814958
Cherry Blossom Song
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811716
from Les Misérables
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805582
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