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.
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Sleigh Bells [or Tambourine] & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590808
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592579
aus dem Musical "Notre-Dame de Paris"
for: Voice [mixed choir (SATB) / solo wind instrument / 4 brass winds], concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 587594
for: Mixed choir, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1289834
Choralpartita aus der "Weihnachtsgeschichte" op. 10
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 114767
Köln 1608 (GL 236 ö)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725749
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 363815
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760310
Navidad Criolla
Kantate
for: Soloists, mixed choir, children's choir, piano [organ]; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 189989
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 857429
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965294
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919502
Sing & Play
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115036
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373237
for: Soloist (tenor), male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 343672
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 855185
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196662
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965376
mit beiden Versionen des Magnificat
Lauda einen Ganzton, Magnificat eine kleine Terz abwärts transponiert
Musiche Varie – Musik des 17. Jahrhunderts
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SSATTB, SATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 633323
Novello Carols
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 321219
Novello Choral Pops
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 911567
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 324722
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 887371
From Messiah
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 559566
Klassik
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 870065
SATB
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 376922
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 643581
Choral Programme Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 181349
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 278539
für Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 157860
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 657146
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 491611
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 686244
young symphonic band series
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 696071
for: Male choir
Item no.: 566069
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir, piano
Item no.: 469089
für 6-stimmigen Frauenchor
for: Women's choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 381401
Choral Vivace
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 584869
Choral Vivace
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 584864
for female chorus and organ (piano)
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 581264
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 576551
Lied Nr. 2 aus der Liedersammlung "Chor Exclusiv – Weihnachtslieder"
Sonderanfertigung
for: Mixed choir (3–4 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 682213
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 459734
for: Male choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 618691
A Christmas Mini-Musical for Unison Voices, Based on a Mexican Folk Tale
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 847538
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 847424
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 624289
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 580442
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