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.
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 842177
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 842162
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 842145
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 845487
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 845436
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 845336
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 845308
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 845983
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 845101
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 845020
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 844913
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 844896
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 844663
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 844594
Traditional Rounds
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Children's choir (2 voices) a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762122
Alfred Choral Designs
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 746377
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 763113
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 763064
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 763045
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762977
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762975
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762973
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762932
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762930
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762924
Opt. C-Instrument
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762921
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762918
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762903
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762871
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762849
SoundTrax CD
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762733
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 763135
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 796765
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Horn (E-flat) (solo)
Item no.: 588882
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Tuba (E-flat low)
Item no.: 588875
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Baritone horn 1 (C low)
Item no.: 588858
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Trombone 2 (C low)
Item no.: 588851
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Single part Soprano saxophone (B-flat)
Item no.: 588831
Wind Band / Brass Band / Fanfare
Music for Concerts, Weddings, Chistmas and other Church Occasions
for: Concert band [Fanfare (brass & saxophones)/brass band]; choir ad lib.
Clarinet 2 in B flat (orchestral part)
Item no.: 588828
Rosmarien|Altdeutsches Volkslied
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1043773
Wer hat dich, du schöner Wald
Hofmeister Chorblätter
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 673969
Part.Männerchor
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 247630
für gem Chor a cappella
Partitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1203756
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 478445
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 478446
für TTBB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1608232
for: Children's choir, mixed choir (SATB), piano, melodic instruments, string ensemble
Single part bass
Item no.: 1560323
Reconstruction by Klaus Hofmann
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 1316888
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