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.
Das Kindermusical
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Audio-CD
Item no.: 341034
for: Male choir
Item no.: 339663
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 339279
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 478189
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Item no.: 455855
Mapa Mundi
Italian Church Music 8
for: Mixed choir (40 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 442856
for: Male choir
Choir book
Item no.: 340381
for: Male choir
Item no.: 337523
for: Male choir (3–4 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 337094
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 337741
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 337666
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 466336
Cantate Domino
Kirchenmusik aus alter und neuer Zeit
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 342364
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 342143
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 565967
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 374056
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 373867
für gem Chor a cappella (Klavier ad lib)
Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 373321
Volkslieder im Swing-Rhythmus
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 373254
for: 3 soloists (SSA), women's choir (SSA), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 428447
A Disney Celebration for Women's Voices (Medley)
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 470161
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 372206
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 478843
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 493889
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 493467
for: Children's choir
Chorheft
Item no.: 487567
Der Welterfolg vom Hazy-Osterwald-Sextett
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 488080
Early English Church Music 48
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 552449
Drama für Musik in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 100702
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 101768
Oper in drei Akten
Band 8,1 (kritischer Bericht) (Critical Report)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 101756
Zwischenspiel, 2. Akt, Text zum 3. Akt
Arnold Schönberg – Sämtliche Werke 8,2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 101755
Vier Lieder im Volkston
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 485032
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Item no.: 484924
für gemischte Chöre, Tasteninstrument und Instrumente ad lib.
Streichinstrumente
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; instruments ad lib.
Performance score for strings
Item no.: 432466
8 Psalmvertonungen und geistlich Lieder für gemischten Chor (SATB)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 461496
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 430574
for: Male choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 443156
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NMA) I/1/1,5 (Gesamtausgabe, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband) (Complete edition, Urtext, Collection)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 434058
“Singet dem Herrn”
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 430501
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 430441
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 trumpets, strings, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 430313
für Frauenchor a cappella
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 447100
Denkmaeler Der Tonkunst In Oesterreich 101/102~Dtoe 101/102
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 103492
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 578085
A setting for choir and instruments
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 464377
Nur lieferbar in Verbindung mit Chorstimmen!
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 464315
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 459616
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