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.
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812993
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 474763
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814253
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814092
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 801405
für 5 Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
mit Anhang: 4 weihnachtliche Einlagesätze aus der 1. Fassung Es-Dur BWV 243a (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 383710
Cantata for the Feast of Annunciation Day
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 384917
für SSA und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609907
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609894
Motet a 15
aus den "Symphoniae sacrae" Nr. 25
Eulenburg Octavo Edition
for: 2 mixed choirs, wind ensemble, organ
Choir score (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1355115
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1337927
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 348278
für Kinder- oder Frauenchor und Instrumente
for: Children's choir [women's choir] (SSA), flute [alto recorder], 2 violins, organ; cello ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231163
for: Children's choir
Score
Item no.: 556140
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 649727
for: Mixed choir (SAATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 365367
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSAA)
Choir score
Item no.: 344416
Magnifikat
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 230990
Sammelband
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 424535
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276416
Weihnachtskantate (Gesamtausgabe) (Complete edition)
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Item no.: 237686
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 145459
for: Mixed choir, brass winds, organ
Performance score for winds
Item no.: 584186
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 932418
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 935034
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934583
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934577
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 931619
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930884
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934354
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 933754
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 929544
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929024
für gemischten Chor (SSATB) und Orchester
(mit Einlagesätzen für die Aufführung zur Weihnachtszeit)
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 633884
Motette zur Weihnachtszeit
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 309578
Christmas Anthem for Sab Voices and Keyboard
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Item no.: 1617052
Galopp "Schön ist's im Winter"
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 300995
Musica Sacra 3
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 362728
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 942223
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 943592
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 939774
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 939682
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 939543
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 936285
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936228
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 939253
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 939242
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 938644
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