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.
Medley Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804021
[with The Christmas Song Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire]
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803426
Silent Night
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985715
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 372281
Eulenberg Taschenpartitur
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392278
Stand up Theater
zwei lustige, musikalische Theaterstücke
for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 768031
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 578112
Novello Choral Pops
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 886301
18 traditionelle Weihnachtslieder für gemischten Chor (SAB) und Klavier (Gitarre ad lib)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano [guitar]
Score
Item no.: 672089
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 557263
Novello Choral Pops
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Book
Item no.: 630765
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 171231
Flexi-Band [5 Parts] + Chorus [SATB], Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598153
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592584
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 297945
Eine zauberhafte Reise in die Zeit der Lichterfeste, Advent und Weihnachten für Gesang und Klavier (Melodieinstrument in C ad libitum)
18 Lieder zum Zuhörern und Mitsingen
for: Children's choir [solo voice], piano [guitar/keyboard]; melody instrument (C) ad lib.
Songbook
Item no.: 656164
Weihnachtslieder für einstimmigen Chor (oder Solo)
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 659214
Faber Program Series
for: Women's choir (SSA/SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 552294
Eine Folge volkstümlicher Weihnachtslieder
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 733280
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596826
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 297323
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594489
Frauenchor (Begleitung ad lib)
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 642625
bearbeitet von Johann Sebastian Bach
BWV Anh30
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 621646
"in nativitate Domini"
Orchestral version
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 610790
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 490788
Eine Weihnachtsgeschichte nach alten Liedern aus den "Piae Cantiones", 1582
for: Narrator, mixed choir, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 226667
with Angels We Have Heard on High
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124115
Három karácsonyi motetta
for: Women's choir (SSMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822564
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965293
Pavane Choral
for: Choir
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1168367
What Child Is This?
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907974
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167567
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167356
(Weihnachtszeit, fröhliche Zeit)
Weihnachtslied mit deutschem und englischem Text von Claudia Jung und Cliff Richard
Nur lieferbar in Verbindung mit Chorstimmen!
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 660002
Choralkantate für GemCh
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 123926
Francia karácsonyi ének
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850981
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985105
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985805
Kantate.
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 214212
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 193179
für gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Nr. 2 aus "Fünf Weihnachtsmotetten"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 671144
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684984
Opera-extravaganza in 2 acts
Libretto by the composer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 669280
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 409569
Offertorium für 4-stimmigen Chor und Orchester
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 413280
nach alten slowakischen Weisen
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 165955
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808692
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