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: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1107817
for children's chorus and orchestra
for: Children's choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 675006
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 622653
for: Mixed choir, harp, organ
Score
Item no.: 622187
for: Mixed choir (SATB), wind ensembles
Score
Item no.: 625588
für gem. Chor und Orgel (Klavier)
for: Mixed choir, organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 622992
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 621311
Oratorio for St John's Day
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 620978
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 627298
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 627295
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 301708
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 299494
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 299390
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Item no.: 299031
Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae 65/1
for: Mixed choir (6 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 299011
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 297944
for: Mixed choir (ATB) [3 voices (ATB)]
Choir score
Item no.: 299553
for: Women's choir, piano
Item no.: 300942
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 300819
Kleine deutsche Messe
Chorpartitur mit Orgel
for: Male choir (TTBB), solo voice; 2 violins, cello/double bass and / or organ ad lib.
Organ score
Item no.: 494739
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 565842
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476965
Contemporary Church Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 612545
Der Kulthit von Bill Ramsey zum gleichnamigen Film
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 497615
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 328358
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 327848
Bouře op. 42
Sea Fantasy
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 326160
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 326728
(Lillebocken)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 326727
nach Franz Schuberts Lied "Die Forelle" D 550
für gem Chor a cappella (Klavier ad lib), Partitur
for: Mixed choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 326711
Vocal Studio 99
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 326673
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 323363
Madrigal nach einem Text aus dem Dhammapada (4.-3. Jh. v. Chr.)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 633921
Volks- und Studentenlieder zwischen Jazz, Latin und Moderne
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 633014
for: Children's choir, piano
Item no.: 331453
Ein Pop-Musical für Kinder- und Jugendchöre
for: Children's [youth choir]
Play-along CD 1
Item no.: 331113
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907133
Hugo Wolf Gesamtausgabe (Complete edition)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 332241
for: Male choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 332161
"Wenn die Nacht sich niedersenkt" aus der Operette "Lysistrata"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 329042
Offertorium B-Dur (Psalm 66) für Chor (SAB), 2 Violinen und Bc
for: Mixed choir (SABar), 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 328932
Gospelmusik
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 330235
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Book
Item no.: 331805
for: Children's choir, Orff instruments
Score
Item no.: 332460
for: Women's choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 582215
Neue Lieder für Chor und Gemeinde
für gem Chor (Gemeinde) a cappella (Instrumente ad lib)
for: Mixed choir (1 voice) [the parish]; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 617481
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 617983
(Der Lindenbaum / The Lime Tree)
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 616145
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