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: Male choir (TTBB), piano, guitar, percussion
Choir score
Item no.: 1343419
Gentry Publications
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326996
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326791
Voices In Harmony
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1346609
Cantata for Easter Sunday
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 442909
2-Part Treble Voices, Piano and String Quartet/Brass Quintet
for: Women's choir, several instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 1556527
for Mixed Voices, Piano, opt. String Quartet The Kevin A. Menley
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551691
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1551253
Prelude and Hymn – Laudes Domini
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1677486
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1676690
Traditional Folk Hymn
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1673139
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA); tambourine ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1672122
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1689875
Carus Choir Coach
Practice aids
Voice part basso
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689261
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1692226
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings
Score
Item no.: 872991
POD
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867075
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 880331
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 839100
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 839903
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 838879
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 838678
Régi mesterek vegyeskarai 16
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850414
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 835042
Psalm 91
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 861754
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 881620
From Mozart's 12Th Mass
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 951048
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004718
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004510
Walton Choral
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 985714
Book & CD
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 985310
Cantata for the Sunday of Misericordias Domini
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233708
Edition Peters Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 482962
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 776754
Pop Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802946
Sacred Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 802869
from Pocahontas
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 778000
Jazz Chorals
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799608
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799212
POD
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862803
POD
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862750
Alternative Version Of Verses 6 And 7
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 862713
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862536
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862523
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862067
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 861959
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820541
Volume 22 - Sez. Prima - Partitura In 2 Vol.
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 263409
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