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.
44 Composizioni
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998410
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931060
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328265
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1091727
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111421
GIA Mass
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1158229
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106199
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1157113
Magnifcat and Nunc Dimittis
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1154295
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1109894
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960073
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123818
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1620494
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985470
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923729
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 837866
For Mixed Chorus (S.A.T.B.), Piano Or Organ
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1626237
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 964357
Opera in 3 parts
Swiss Composers Series
for: 2 voices (SBar), children's choir, chamber orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1672051
Brass quartet - 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Timpani, suspended Cymbal
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1154551
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1319770
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960235
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110829
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330558
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100692
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 904475
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1154438
GIA Ars Antiqua
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1151230
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 926010
Pour 6 Voix De Femmes
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Buch
Item no.: 1138990
Solfa Edition
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 951043
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 914309
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111406
Nos. 24 and 25 From "Cantiones Sacrae" - for S.A.T.B. and Keyboard (Latin and English Text)
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1626097
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 823385
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953512
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330323
Mixed choir a capella
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1349324
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1153706
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 938270
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110212
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 937798
Guitar
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1160290
Choral Listening CD
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Audio-CD
Item no.: 936763
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826041
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1116067
(Easter Anthem.) for S.A.T.B., With Organ Accompaniment
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625904
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326235
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