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.
Aus J.S. Bachs Notenbibliothek, früher diesem zugeschrieben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230848
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 367395
Kantate für Kinder
Der Kinderchor
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189005
Kantate für Kinder
Der Kinderchor
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189004
Level 2 Treble, Part-Learning CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814742
Level 3 Treble, Part-Learning CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812963
Level 3 Mixed, Part-Learning CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810749
Essential Elements Choir
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805948
Evangelien-Rockmotette (Latin) zur Konfirmation
Motette Nr. 1 aus "Sieben Rockmotetten nach den Evangelien"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, percussion
Set of parts
Item no.: 673112
Evangelien-Rockmotette (Shuffle) zum Erntedankfest
Motette Nr. 3 aus "Sieben Rockmotetten nach den Evangelien"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, percussion
Set of parts
Item no.: 673106
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 671627
für Kinderchor, gemischten Chor und Basso continuo (Instrumente ad libitum)
Urtext
for: Children's choir [women's choir] (SSSS), mixed choir (ATTB), basso continuo; mixed choir (SATB), melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Part 1
Item no.: 670899
op. 54 (1871)
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668507
Edition Peters Green Series
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 577132
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 340501
Settings from Scotland
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 470075
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 365131
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 362983
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 347578
12 Lieder für gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 617506
für Soli, Chor, Orchester und Orgel
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308302
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 349060
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Item no.: 472894
für Soli, gem Chor und Orchester
Klavierauszug
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1616047
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328255
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325744
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325663
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325474
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1102940
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100753
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097621
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121570
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111823
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111742
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111688
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110959
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110041
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 1109879
Auld lang syne
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 334017
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Item no.: 584695
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 584694
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 584684
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 581036
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825429
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825136
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 377905
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Item no.: 376672
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Score
Item no.: 376402
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