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
Item no.: 307160
for: Choir
Item no.: 307158
for: Choir
Item no.: 307157
for: Choir
Item no.: 307155
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 307014
aus dem Oratorium "Wir, die wir leben (Memento homo) " für 4-8stg. Chor
for: Mixed choir (4–8 parts) a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 307009
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 307005
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 306959
Drei kleine geistl. Motetten
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 306950
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 311971
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 311794
Heft 2, für gem Chor u. Orgel
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308028
Duetto con coro (Trage sanft mit leisem Wehen), aus der Oper "Cosi fan tutte"auch a capp. ausführbar
for: Male choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307908
aus "Cosi fan tutte" für Männerchor, Orchester (Klavier)
auch a capp. aufführbar
for: Male choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307907
for: Children's choir
Score
Item no.: 309094
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308974
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308967
(burgenländ. Weihnachtslied)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308965
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308958
Mädel stand unterm Baum
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308949
Schneepanther schleicht
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308937
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308905
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308894
Ein Regenbogen kam geflogen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308866
Alleluja
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308863
Wenn du von allem dem
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308844
Ob's regnet oder g'friert
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308834
Janicko, was machst du
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308791
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308782
Lettisches Volkslied
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308773
Hoch preiset meine Seele
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308771
Kantate, für Tenorsolo, gem. Chor, Orchester u. Orgel
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308182
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 308151
Tollite portas
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 309682
Volksliedkantate
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309334
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 552639
for: Mixed choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 242164
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Organ reduction
Item no.: 478442
for: Male choir
Item no.: 478404
Ev'ry time I feel the spirit
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308743
Hört doch, liebe Brüder
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308740
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308731
Weihnachtslied aus Pamhagen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308717
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308689
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308686
Sechs kleine Psalmen-Motetten 6
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308685
Ihr schwarzen Äugelein
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308608
Zehn Sätze von Studentenliedern 2
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308590
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