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.
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124836
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1057482
Chor & Orgel
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 122957
Ausgabe für gemischten Chor (SATB)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 608118
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 602314
A Celtic Christmas Celebration
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121228
Contemporary Church Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 934979
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 322057
The Novello Choral Programme
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 311982
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 444966
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 444843
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1652953
Südamerikanische Weihnachtslieder
mit Gitarrensymbolen und rhythmischen Ostinati
for: Choir (1–2 voices), 1–2 flutes, rhythm section (guitar, bass, percussion)
Choir score
Item no.: 695475
Finlandia
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 479883
for: Mixed choir a cappella
CD
Item no.: 655289
für Solostimmen (SSATB), gemischten Chor (SSATB), Orchester und Basso continuo
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 344545
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122747
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122188
from The Voices of Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126425
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126412
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1126135
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1125634
(StudioTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1126476
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 245357
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 637685
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965617
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809819
"in nativitate Domini"
organ version
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 207387
für Frauenchor (Kinderchor/Jugendchor), z.T. mit Klavier
Chorleiterband mit CD
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (3 voices), piano
Choir book, Playback-CD
Item no.: 618246
Missa Advocata Nostra
"Harfen"- oder "Weihnachtsmesse"
Musica Sacra
for: Women's choir (SSA), harp, organ, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 200670
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276411
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276410
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1219663
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588204
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316338
a cappella oder mit Begleitung (Orgel/Klavier oder 3 Streicher)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano/organ [2 violins, cello] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 649585
Heft 2
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 283396
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279127
Band 1: Advents-, Weihnachts- und Winterlieder für gem. Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1671786
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599308
Flexi-Band [4 Parts] & Chorus SATB, Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599300
Flexi-Band [4 Parts] & Chorus SATB, Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599299
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595760
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595190
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595169
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590815
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590765
for: Gemischter choir (SATB), string quintet [Streichorchester]; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590730
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