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.
from England
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740777
3. Rock my Soul
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 782684
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 744210
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 5411
Gospelsong (Passion)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 753473
"I see the horizon"
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 748885
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 738626
from England
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728124
Gospel
for voices (unisono), chamber orchestra, timpani, drums and piano (four hands)
for: Choir (one voice), youth orchestra
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3688
Jubilee (Lob und Dank)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 753478
Spiritual; Text: nach Gen 8 (Lieder nach Texten des AT (Psalmen u.a.))
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 737845
from England
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728125
Traditional American
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4580
for: Women's choir (SSSAAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 736071
Spiritual für Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 3454
Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5398
from England
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728127
from Canada
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728133
Gospelsong (Lob und Dank)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730180
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score with piano accompaniment
Item no.: 724268
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760261
Notendownload
for: Choir
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642705
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760269
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Music score
Item no.: 732271
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 744208
aus der „Weihnachtsmesse“ (Nr. 6)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm section [piano]
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8054
Möseler Chorreihe
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 781792
Gospelsong aus Trinidad (Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730169
Magnificat
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 795675
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760440
from Ireland
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 754636
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760227
Hob.: XXIII Anhang / Nachtrag
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3012
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760255
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209077
from: „Gospelsongs Selected“
for Choir (SATB) and Combo (Piano / Guitar / Bass / Drums)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8039
Chor aus dem Oratorium "Messias"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2563
Spiritual (Vertrauen und Hoffnung)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730182
from the USA
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728131
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 750701
Spiritual (Vertrauen und Hoffnung)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 753482
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Music score
Item no.: 759428
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760233
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760265
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760476
Notendownload
for: Choir
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642703
3. Little David, Play on your Harp (Spiritual)
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733347
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760212
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