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.
2-3 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919637
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919286
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918287
Feierliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1007171
The Wexford Carol
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1005038
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317563
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 354472
Eine Oper in zwei Aufzügen op. 8
Reprint
Opera explorer
Study score 30
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 350989
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Songbook
Item no.: 499840
Három epigramma régi stilusban
for: Male choir (TBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822733
for: Women's choir [male choir] (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 822706
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 368755
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 366460
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317239
auch als Nummer S143 lieferbar
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309760
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Item no.: 645991
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 642724
op. 51, Nr. 1 og 4
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 641104
(with critical report)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
4 Scores
Item no.: 263401
Gyermek- és nőikarok
for: Children's choir [women's choir]
Choir score
Item no.: 255544
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798244
"Kerzengrad steig ich zum Himmel" aus der Operette "Der fliegende Rittmeister", mit Orchester u. Klavier
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 218014
8. Terpsichore "Hilaris Terpsichore ter pede terram"
Schott Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204325
Choralkantate für gemischten Chor (SATB), zwei Violinen, zwei Violen und Basso continuo
Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, 2 violas, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 194470
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3337
Di Aurelio Pes
for: Choir, electronics
Score
Item no.: 778265
Youth Sing Out (Choral)
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820655
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 818495
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815930
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815822
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 898955
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897686
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 896930
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896714
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 895445
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 885860
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 879596
Die Textworte (italienisch) wurden wegen ihrer Lautfolgen (Vokale, Konsonanten) und nicht wegen eines Sinnzusammenhanges gewählt
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 874304
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 870956
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 869093
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867527
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 860075
When you are near
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907271
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 905003
Craig Hella Johnson Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 902060
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900278
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 839717
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 832049
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