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: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950448
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813390
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811105
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807329
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
komplettes Orchestermaterial
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 671649
Klassik
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 984431
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 120657
Responsoria ad Matutinum in nativitate Domini MH 639
Urtext-Ausgabe
Komplettes Orchestermaterial (kostengünstiger Setpreis)
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 670505
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 323419
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 161003
Schlusssatz aus dem Magnificat
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 553534
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 145814
A collection of carols for Advent and Christmas composed, arranged and edited by Nicholas Temperley
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 554950
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588209
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587995
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276413
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1289375
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815596
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813140
Music Express Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812115
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 230042
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Score
Item no.: 230819
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809992
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808221
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806999
aus: Magnificat octo tonorum
for: 4 voices [mixed choir], (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 423725
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 291478
Sanctus
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423758
for: Mixed choir, organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 423618
The Groovy Version of OX
Capella Novanta
for: Soloist, mixed choir, orchestra
Audio-CD
Item no.: 154198
ZWV 108
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 235216
oder "Hirten auf dem Weg zur Krippe"
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Set of parts
Item no.: 336748
Lett For Kor 1
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 203685
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 203654
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272638
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599162
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Glockenspiel & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591041
Swingle Bells Streichquartett & Chor
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591019
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Sleigh Bells [or Tambourine] & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590984
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590945
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590882
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901092
Christmas And Advent Motets For 6 Voices
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 280051
für die heilige Christnacht
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 1668999
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124209
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126404
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125717
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1124344
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