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: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341906
for: Male choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342854
SATB w/opt. 8 Handbells (included)
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919168
Choralpartita
– Sonderanfertigung! Lieferbar in ca. 3-4 Wochen
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1664207
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 1658860
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1672318
Sopran-Solo ad lib.
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1657107
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 916416
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 899756
Hinshaw Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 899135
for: Soloist, mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1678541
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342392
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342683
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915188
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342434
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342412
3 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Bass Trombone/Tuba, Timpani
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1152419
Performance/Accompaniment CD
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
CD
Item no.: 854690
Madrigal I nach einem mährischen Volkslied (deutsche Übertragung)
für gemischten Chor (SSATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1670756
Pavane Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1682206
from the Cadenza volume 'The Nativity Star'
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1327224
Souvent Amour
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1037838
2-3 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919605
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 983109
Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1057111
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1154289
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 915015
Full Score, Flute, Oboe, 2 Trumpets in B-flat and C, 2 Trombones
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1154937
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918174
Psalm 100
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040223
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 855684
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 917861
Two-Part Mixed
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919127
Accessible Choral Library
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Buch
Item no.: 1530490
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 855279
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1556778
Oratorio In Due Parti (1687)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998439
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998456
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998459
I 20 Misteri Del Rosario Messi In Musica
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998513
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 919984
aus "Marienlieder" für gemischten Chor op. 22
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 868748
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1095160
from: Psalms of David
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgaben
for: 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB, SATB), instruments colla parte, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 696259
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Study score
Item no.: 376275
Schulchorbuch für gleiche Stimmen
PREMIUM Set
for: Youth choir, piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 681218
Über die Nicht- und Flüchtigkeit des menschlichen Lebens.
Kantate zum 24. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Komplettes Orchestermaterial
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 674993
Kantate zum Sonntag Exaudi
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 234016
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