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.
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 922712
14 Selections from the African American Church Music Series
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1152374
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038434
Guitar
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1151213
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123754
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1039649
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918716
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1156964
3 Octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857021
Classics for Children Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126049
for: Women's choir (SSMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822569
SATB w/opt. 4-Hand Piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 855536
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 859721
Mass Music by Bedyngham and his Contemporaries
Early English Church Music 58
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 769055
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1094864
Guitar, Piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856589
Handchimes
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855806
Missale Romanum (Ordinarium) (GL 104-107)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 755717
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 914288
aus der Oper "Hoffmanns Erzählungen"
bearbeitet für Chor und Orchester (Klavier)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (pdf download)
Item no.: 1823
Nr. 6 aus: Sechs Lieder für Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660056
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1651551
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 339786
Treasury Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815982
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815793
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341888
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341780
SATB & Brass
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856196
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1039763
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1149466
Trumpet I (Bb)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 924111
for: Choir
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1155692
Flute, Oboe, Cello
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1150937
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982717
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041428
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857043
with How Firm a Foundation
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169415
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1156286
for: Mixed choir (2–6 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 294223
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 295089
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 483095
Das Umweltmusical für Kinder
for: Children's choir, instruments
Piano score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 293869
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 293436
Große Oper in drei Akten
Opera Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 247335
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 271974
(with critical report)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 263404
(with critical report)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 263403
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