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.
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 551231
Oxford Tudor Church Music
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892766
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 937153
Based on the hymn tune My Redeemer
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 942245
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928189
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 932326
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 935775
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 296294
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125441
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125052
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124067
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123979
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123260
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123072
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807163
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826256
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 926969
Nr. 2 Lied der Freundschaftop. 45/2
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1544826
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 924522
Chester Books Of Madrigals
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 315257
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 474293
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 939022
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 927874
Opt. Flute
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 898757
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 932872
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 937066
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936996
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936711
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 932325
The Heart's Friend
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815390
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1022885
2-Part and Piano
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803056
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 812285
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905828
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 827262
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125486
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122451
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826759
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826581
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825069
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122577
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 907479
from Sister Act
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 150121
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1019478
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934811
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934675
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 935636
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 929949
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