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: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts, Audio-CD
Item no.: 617064
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 656482
Motette
Violinstimme statt Viola 1
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 559803
The Ricordi Collection of Part-Songs
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 263679
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 370571
für TTBB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609551
für SSA und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609528
für TTBB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609490
für SATB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1608669
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 883957
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 842812
Based on Canon in D Major by Johann Pachelbel
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 866616
(I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day)
for: Choir, orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 865126
Kikapust Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 166653
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1628133
Melodie Popolari Elaborate Per Coro A 4 Voci Miste
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 990442
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621330
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1620767
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1628324
Motette für gemischten Chor, 2 Hörner, Streicher und Orgel
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 178050
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309520
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309494
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
OTHER
Item no.: 293243
Oratorium
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 873179
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1681614
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115967
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097656
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1149665
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 826137
Contemporary Christmas Madrigal
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1096904
Guitar
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1149695
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910026
GIA Christmas
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1158636
GIA Christmas
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1157853
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324578
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1152372
für Soli, Chor und Orchester Partitur
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part(n)
Item no.: 647167
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1320520
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341526
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1341948
Harmonia-Popular Music (lichte muziek)
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 766143
Weihnachten
for: Choir
Study score
Item no.: 1539284
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1155614
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1355522
Adattamento Facile Per Coro A 4 Voci Con Accompagnamento Di Organo O Pianoforte
for: Mixed choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 998499
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097293
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121609
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