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.
GeWV 49
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1545856
Negro-Spirituals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), combo
Guitar (single part)
Item no.: 1546115
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280469
op. 29/1
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280363
"Lebwohl, lebwohl du schönes Städtchen" (aus Frankreich)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280908
(Lothringen)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280712
Fränkisches Volkslied
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280557
2. Tageslied "Wenn durch die Nebelfrühe"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280495
5. Hufeisen und Rosen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204291
2. Drunten in Baranya
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204285
Vier heitere Lieder
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 204211
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204194
3. Kyushu Tanko Bushi - Kohlengräberlied "Mond schimmert auf"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204086
4. Das Männlein im Weinberg "Wenn die Reben blühen"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 203776
"Wenn wir auch dürftig hausen"op. 32/1
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203169
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 203094
3. Der Schnupfen "Ein Schnupfen hockt auf der Terrasse"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203065
nach mittelhochdeutschen Texten
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203059
1. Morgenlied "Verschwunden ist die finstre Nacht"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280493
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 203110
aus "Stimmen der Völker"op. 53
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 288779
Concerto Scenico in 2 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352229
Liederkreis aus "O Mensch, gib acht"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 288777
10 alte Kinderreime
for: Children's choir (SSMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 288648
Ein romantisches Weihnachtsmärchen in 7 Bildern
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 199280
"Freunde, höret unser Musizieren"
for: Male choir
Choir score (Choir 2)
Item no.: 203361
"Einstmals im tiefen Wald"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 203106
"Die Sterne sind erblichen"op. 31
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203100
2. Himmelauen, Wolkenfluhop. 21
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202992
1. Onkel Mond steht am Torop. 21
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202990
"Kind, wo bist du hingewesen?"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202424
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Chorstimme
Item no.: 203873
Zyklus
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203806
2. Das weiße Entlein - Raca plava po Dravi
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203794
3. Der Kosak "In dem grünen Walde"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203720
Europäische Volkslieder
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203702
1. Zuneigung "Im Widerhall wird Hier und Dort"op. 110
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203668
4. Singt und trinkt (Volksgut)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203566
1. Gesang an die Sonne
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203560
Psalm 98
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 204331
4. Als ich noch ein armer Knecht war
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204289
3. Ein Jäger längs dem Weiher ging (Rheinland)
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB)
Score
Item no.: 204270
5. Stürm, du WinterwindGeWV 57
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204255
3. Regen-Sommer "Nasser Staub auf allen Wegen"op. 81
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204155
Volkslied-Variation "Ich kann nicht Sitzen" (Anhalt)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir part Soprano/Alto
Item no.: 204126
6 Trinklieder
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204063
Handlung in drei AufzügenWWV 96
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 201022
"Heilig ist der Herr" aus "Deutsche Messe"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280279
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