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.
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801904
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 766821
Cantatas IV–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 579651
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
Komplettes Orchestermaterial
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 649782
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 234813
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803300
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803046
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 123947
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002059
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002062
Christmas Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 877929
für TTBB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1608710
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 883025
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 877099
Eine Sammlung mit all den Klassikern zu Advent und Weihnachten, die uns durch diese ganz besondere Zeit begleiten.
for: Mixed choir (SATB); flexible ensemble ad lib.
Single part 4 in C, bass clef
Item no.: 672224
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764116
mit Einlagesätzen für die Aufführung zur Weihnachtszeit
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Cello, bassoon, violone [double bass] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675555
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 874308
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309790
GL 142
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309771
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309766
for: Male choir (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 309326
für Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 174736
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 474597
"Es müssen sich freuen und fröhlich sein"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorstimme
Item no.: 202335
GeWV 43
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 212117
Nr. 7 Weihnachtsmotette (Ecce Sacerdos)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 106055
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 904352
Christmas Carol - S.A.B., With Optional Keyboard
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1626093
Chor
Partitur
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 895379
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1620482
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1621169
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309402
GL 186
Osterzeit
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309183
Kirchenliedsaetze
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309161
Galopp "Schön ist's im Winter"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 733301
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1153583
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1671040
Englisches Weihnachtslied
for: Choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1016502
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959868
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117255
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097069
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 938674
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960549
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916870
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325595
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959795
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325617
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