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.
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 927831
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924200
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 924198
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912290
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 912103
A Choral Medley
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 911881
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911437
Boop-Boop Dit-tem Dat-tem What-tem Chu!
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 899017
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 928492
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 928464
Holy Manna
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 928394
Latin
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928335
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928210
Based upon the traditional American folk song Wayfaring Stranger
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928177
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 902712
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 902476
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 901762
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 900767
Opt. Acc.
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 899255
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 899242
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908874
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908413
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907482
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 944380
Konzertwerk
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 944499
Folk
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 945029
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 842830
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 842823
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 842638
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 842634
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 842632
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 842631
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843994
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843983
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843980
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843799
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843615
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843610
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843604
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843602
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843582
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843565
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843541
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843482
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843406
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 842622
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