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.
Ricercate E Passaggi 13
for: 5 voices [5 instruments]
Score
Item no.: 138861
Gebet/JesusChristus/Barmherzigkeit
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 106042
2 Chöre. Gott des Himmels mächtger König / Des Gesanges Herzensgabe, sie gehöre unsrer Heimat ganz. (Nur deutscher Text)
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 117820
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 577164
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 585543
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 585509
A Pure Heart
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 585470
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 583366
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book, CD
Item no.: 585956
"Und sitz ich in der Schenke"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280461
"Wie hehr im Glase blinket"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280459
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280425
"Es ritten drei Jäger wohl auf die Pirsch"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280405
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280399
Madrigal "Schön bis du vor allen"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280359
"Liebe führt durch Nacht"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280339
7. Umkehr "Leben kann man nicht von Tönen"
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204970
Sing
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 204912
2. Hell ins Fenster scheint
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204864
(Ungarn)
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204850
4. Machet die Tore weit (Psalm 24)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204841
"O komm in mein Schiffchen"
Schott Chormusik
for: Women's choir, harp [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 204833
3. Das Täubchen: "Ei sieh, du holdes Täubchen"GeWV 67
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204728
Abendlied "Schweigend breitet seine Schwingen"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204716
"Ach Elslein, liebes Elselein"
Nr. 3 aus "Fünf Scherzdialoge"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204688
Madrigal "Gestern fuhr ich Fische fangen"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204680
3. Wolkenloser Tag "Wie es war, so ist es"
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204673
Lochheimer Liederbuch, 1460 / 16. Jh.
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204652
Motette (Matth. 25,3 1-46)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204635
Motette
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204633
2. The old true love "Ach komm, tritt ein"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204581
op. 48/5
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280890
2. Der Apfel "Ich geb' meinem Lieb einen Apfel"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280856
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280852
"Aus des Tages Hetze und Hast"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280820
No.10 Es bleibt wohl, was gesagt wird
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280807
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280786
(Italien)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280650
1. Morgenmusik "Es leuchten alle Morgen"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280549
Volkslied aus Hessen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280539
Das deutsche Te Deum
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280523
"Sie sagt, ich könnt nicht singen"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280491
6. Der Weizen muss reifen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204295
"Seht wie die Sonne lacht" nach 2 jugoslawischen Volksliedern
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204281
2. Die Zeit "Seid mir nur nicht gar so traurig"op. 118
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204161
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 204108
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204088
1. Warnung "Mein Töchterlein, ich warne dich" - 2. Sehnsucht "Schweift auch mein Blick"GeWV 56
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204057
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