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.
Gospel and Worship Songs
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1549867
Eine Komposition aus Kloster Neuzelle
Erstdruck
Musik zwischen Elbe und Oder, Band 37
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 687196
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Item no.: 762348
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1095268
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 901273
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1608646
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1533262
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077394
9 Mottetti Brevi
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 989049
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 989454
Acht Motetten
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 989481
Contemporary Choral Series (Boosey and Hawkes)
for: Mixed choir (SAATTBB) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910992
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1039054
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1041511
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124131
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126642
Broadway Choral
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 814098
7. Schweigen "Die Schöpfung aus zwei, drei Worten"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1546240
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1041645
Arrangements of Familiar Hymns and Songs for Solo Guitar and C Instrument
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1150860
Helgoländer Kanonmesse
for: Mixed choir (3 Stimmen), Instrumente
Choir score
Item no.: 1611209
Heidelberger Chorblätter
for: Choir
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 869305
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1160662
für Mezzosopran, Chor SATB und Orgel ad.lib.
for: Soloist (mezzo-soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1043509
Anonym überliefertes Shanty aus Neuseeland
for: Male choir, piano ad lib.
Choir score with piano accompaniment
Item no.: 1022854
Acht Motetten
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 989433
Sechs Motetten
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 989461
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 989555
Sieben Motetten
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 989762
aus der Oper "Iphigenie in Aulis"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 762132
Kantate zum 2. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Das Schottener Kantatenarchiv Volume 33
for: 3 soloists (ATB) [mixed choir (4 voices)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 691122
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 832126
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 910669
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 918688
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950197
für gemischten Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 2956
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), strings
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 766732
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123834
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 661648
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 868086
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 908872
Per Il Perfezionamento Della Vocalità
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998329
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 911695
Home on the range
for: Male choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1665103
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342561
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1125319
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 855481
Vier neue Bilder für Soli, Chor, zwei Klaviere und Akkordeon
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 664910
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