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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950833
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919319
Régi mesterek vegyeskarai 39
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850889
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125496
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 882722
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 838251
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534494
Choral
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534437
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1107875
Trumpet (Bb and C)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1151358
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950006
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 855662
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 863539
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1688510
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 901386
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1095305
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896411
for: 3 soloists (MezTBar), children's choir, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1563224
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 925544
Flute
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1150412
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1158631
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919354
Celebrons la naissance
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038967
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 924491
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902850
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950463
Brass quartet - 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1158084
Mass
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 929376
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1150128
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609708
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 856667
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856739
Gyermekkarok 2
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 850994
thou Wilt Keep Him Satb/Org.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 906644
on I Stand Amazed in the Presence
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121145
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 877264
La Marseillaise
for: Women's choir (2 voices) [male choir]
Choir score
Item no.: 850322
Chorsätze zu vier und fünf Stimmen. Teil 1: Nr. 1-156 (ein Satz zu 6 Stimmen von Seth Calvisius)/ Teil 2: Nr. 157-313. 2 Teilbände
Johann Hermann Schein. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke 2
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 876474
aus dem Geistlichen Gesangbüchlein (Worms 1525)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1199388
Two Songs in Praise of the Indoors 2. Walking in the Woods
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 903313
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1041752
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900527
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121321
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 872042
aus dem Geistlichen Gesangbüchlein (Worms 1525)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1199391
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1043495
SATB
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855655
Weltlich
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 834440
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