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: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 344315
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 338333
Kirchenoratorium
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1656274
(Midnight Mass for Christmas)
Arrangement for soloists, choir and organ
for: 5 soloists (SSTTB), mixed choir (SSTTB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1017419
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 491186
O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 661169
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 648758
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 697299
Warburton E 22
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 693139
Deutsches Magnificat
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 644620
Weihnachtsoratorium in zwei Teilen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 635715
Ein kleines Singspiel zur Advents- und Weihnachtszeit
for: Children's choir, piano
Audio-CD
Item no.: 473759
Ein Musical zur Weihnachtszeit nach einer Geschichte von Peter Schindler
für Soli, Kinderchor, und Instrumente
for: Children's choir, narrator, chamber orchestra [piano]
Score
Item no.: 445065
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 444798
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 425337
Hinshaw Concert
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 602849
A Holiday Musical Infestation!
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804584
from A Little Princess
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802341
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 801865
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801303
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801012
Variations
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811792
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810538
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808067
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806871
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801946
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800813
from White Christmas
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800556
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799993
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811952
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799818
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799688
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809336
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 556860
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812034
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813997
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 805611
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804324
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167447
Orgelfassung
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 670151
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 670150
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 voices (SS) [female choir (SS)/mixed choir (SSB)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 692762
für Sopran, gemischten Chor und Band
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 683188
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1664390
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1337956
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1337929
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1337926
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1169473
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