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.
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 925850
for: Male choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1342525
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341470
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1117609
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342163
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907178
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931873
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916410
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 925858
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 104808
Gesamtband 51-100
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 186489
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 455718
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 459582
Swingle Music~Bach's Greatest Hits
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 146892
Chorzyklus für gemischte Stimmen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 147520
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 150910
for: Mixed choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 154691
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 152073
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 427846
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 172645
for: Male choir
Item no.: 113492
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 210444
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 208137
Leuckart Chorblatt 358
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 154167
Part. gem. Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 153895
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Item no.: 153823
for: Mixed choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 155912
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 431185
GIA Evoking Sound
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1136754
"Narren sind an allen Ecken"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751923
2. Der Geck "Ein Bursche ist im Städtchen"
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751653
"Hört vom Strand ein Vespersingen"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747117
2. Der Postillon "Was willst du auf dieser Station"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742419
5. Hyperions Schicksalslied "Ihr wandelt droben im Licht"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742365
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1013068
Es flog ein Täublein
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043929
for: Male choir, piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1084105
2. Es taget vor dem Walde (15 Jh.)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733374
1. Es brennt die grüne Linde
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733293
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1633636
Wo findet die Seele - Weise von Henry Bishop
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 647570
2. Herzliebster Jesu
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751575
Volkslied aus Hessen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742665
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1136486
3. Morgen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742692
1. "Why do sweet songs?"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742447
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097387
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097220
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