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 (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 337834
for: Male choir (5 parts), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 194855
25 Choral Highlights for Upper Voices. Piano and instrumental accompaniments
for: Women's choir, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 687166
"Ich glaube an diese Erde!"
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), women's choir, orchestra
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 666958
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 430483
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965090
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003228
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 275387
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 564945
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 123409
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 272879
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 268553
for: Mixed choir, brass winds, organ
Score
Item no.: 655338
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 462239
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 579640
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 607194
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 455492
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 378017
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 373368
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 559972
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 366299
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 571585
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392099
Azione teatrale per musica in three acts
Vienna version 1762
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 solo voices (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 623560
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3279
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 620430
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 618163
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 216977
for: 2 solo voices, mixed choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1530205
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 4554
for: 3 soloists (TTB), male choir (TTB), organ
Score
Item no.: 423636
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 498342
Kanon für 4 Stimmen und Klavier ad lib.
for: Choir (4 voices); piano ad lib.
Music score, online media (app)
Item no.: 1610800
nach den Gebrüder Grimm
Ein märchenhaftes Musical für 8- bis 11-Jährige
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
CD
Item no.: 1215810
Cantandos Klassikerserie 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 203616
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 659592
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 550346
für fünfstimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 670841
Volksliedvariationen in Sätzen für vier- bis sechsstimmigen gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (4–6 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 469525
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1200571
Geistliche Chormusik für SAM und Tasteninstrument
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 1357828
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 475062
Messa d'morti
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (ATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 781314
Urtext
Die erste kritische Edition von Verdis Requiem mit komplett käuflichem Aufführungsmaterial.
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 670140
Offertorium de S. Joanne Baptista KV 72 (74f)
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 234850
Zwanzig Sätze für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 1349749
Oper in fünf Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 460591
Accademia Musicale
for: 10 voices (SSSSAATTBB) [mixed choir (SSSSAATTBB)], basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 223444
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