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.
3-5 oct. w/opt. 3-4 oct. Handchimes
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 858718
Transcontinental Music Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326484
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 874526
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 851045
Conversations between Musicians
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1152849
Hinshaw Concert
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 902829
Festival Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815829
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125640
For Mixed Chorus
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1625932
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 983089
A Carol Anthem for SATB Chorus with Org. acc.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 874928
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 893946
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918424
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1327189
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039250
Hinshaw Concert
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 901764
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 894346
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 892599
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077171
Trumpet 1 and 2 in Bb and C
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1156999
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 876640
for: Male choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1342359
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609416
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1059336
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 907398
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 859247
Two-Part Mixed
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918936
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1157091
from Of Faith and Freedom
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125180
Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1057448
Washington
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1040389
Two Equal Voices w/opt. C Inst.
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919466
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 892562
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123263
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 911818
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125385
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124087
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1158919
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 880723
Klassik
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 872351
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 951489
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1153656
for: Mixed choir (SATB), trumpet
Score
Item no.: 851094
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609426
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1156431
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1608327
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850496
op. 12
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 874147
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