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.
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111162
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824210
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959469
für SSA und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609737
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097166
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002615
Klassik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 880121
Holy is the True Light / Father Eternal
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159357
für TTBB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1608683
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 952721
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003053
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110105
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1329055
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110671
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 932032
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 932127
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1142428
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 915326
2 C Instruments- Bass in C
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1158238
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 952456
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002570
LKM Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 875240
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124708
Part Two: Mass of the Dead
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1152028
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097224
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 937896
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1193418
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908980
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124929
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 884086
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1150353
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 823357
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 916431
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959906
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 926777
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097652
für TTBB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1611443
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1092184
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097352
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111701
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959528
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110432
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625715
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328259
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1092228
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959982
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1147926
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001872
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