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.
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
(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: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930376
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930084
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 911850
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 846452
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 844659
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843932
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 842817
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 842812
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
Ein Kranz von Lobechören (1942)
Harp part (Harfenstimme)
for: Mixed choir [women's choir], harp
Single part Harp
Item no.: 198584
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; trumpet/mandolin orchestra/rhythm group (accordion, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Single part Trumpet (solo)
Item no.: 300035
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Flute 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681832
Da die Zeit erfüllet war
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742412
1. Auf, ihr Hirten (18. Jh.) / 2. Dort oben vom Berge (Oberösterreich)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742398
Weihnachtsmotette
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747098
Weihnachtslied aus Finnland
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746845
for: Mixed choir (SATB); flexible ensemble ad lib.
Part 4 in B-flat, treble clef (bass clarinet / tenor saxophone / euphonium / trombone)
Item no.: 672230
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423012
for: Mixed choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 200769
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 368515
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 365823
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308923
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308849
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308739
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308716
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308708
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308633
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308545
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309660
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309520
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309494
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 643019
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 657119
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 386079
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1151017
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 903594
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1161045
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1178475
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 931711
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 862899
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