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.
nach Motiven des Walzers "Wo die Zitronen blüh'n"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Bass 2
Item no.: 782636
Walzer "Wien, ach Wien! Stadt mit frohem Sinn"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 782621
Walzer "Allüb'rall in Österreich tönt der Sang"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 782612
"Frühling kommt angezogen" - Idylle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 782549
5. The devil a monk would be - Art lässt nicht von Art
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751848
1. Geistliches Lied "Der Mensch lebt und bestehet"
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751838
Preist diesen Tag der Freude / Froher Tag, lichter Tag
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751746
"Heut ist geborn ein Kindelein"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751736
"Lieber Morgenstern"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751727
5. Dans la maison de doleur
for: Women's choir (SSSAAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751719
1. Dort hoch auf jenem Berge / 2. Es ist ein Schnee gefallen
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751706
1. Ei Baur, was kost dei Heu
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751687
"Alles Schöne, alles Gute"
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751678
2. O Liebe, Liebe (Mähren)
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751674
2. Der Geck "Ein Bursche ist im Städtchen"
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751653
2. Herzliebster Jesu
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751575
5. Kreszenz "Kreszenz! Wo hamma denn unsern alten Schludribudri"
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 752202
Psalm 96,1-2
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751947
Volkslied vom Niederrhein
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751941
(Irland)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751929
"Narren sind an allen Ecken"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751923
"Einstmals im tiefen Wald"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 751893
"Heut ist der liebste Tag" / "So still ist die Luft"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 751889
"Nun gilt's! Die Tage längen"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 751887
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 748770
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 663678
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 195207
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 137615
for: Male choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 121358
Cantata for 12th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 684588
for: Women's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1161798
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1161195
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1160928
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1108915
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1108913
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1108897
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1106268
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Lyric book
Item no.: 1105978
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043882
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043514
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1043450
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1147337
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1147166
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1147165
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1105690
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1105632
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 817139
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 775814
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