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.
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 857261
GIA Celebration Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1152626
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725852
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950168
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123859
3-4 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856922
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1153244
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 935228
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 855776
Contemporary Choral Series (Boosey and Hawkes)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 901954
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 918132
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 938701
Volume 4 - Sez. Seconda
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 778814
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 907416
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 880578
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 871767
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 876558
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1175873
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1094267
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 913844
C Instrument
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1155654
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1059342
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1157687
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950055
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898972
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1151040
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1037882
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 905766
Modern Madrigal No. 3
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 953690
Hinshaw Concert
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1057886
for: Soloist (tenor), male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 929079
1. Gaudeamus Igitur, 2. Integer Vitae
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1041843
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918306
Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856407
Kettős a "Judas Maccabeus" c. oratóriumból
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 822765
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 850793
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Piano reduction
Item no.: 696350
für Darsteller, Sprecher, Sänger und Tänzer Medienpaket (Konzeptbuch und Klavierauszug)
Einsatzbereich bis Klasse 6
for: Children's choir, instruments
2 Bücher, CD
Item no.: 1672417
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 920331
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 864108
Full Set of Lectionary Psalms Recordings: CD-940, CD-941, C-942, CD-943
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1158455
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 983097
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 864180
Hinshaw Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1058258
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 775567
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959737
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1158160
String Quartet - 2 Violins, Viola, Cello- Brass quartet - 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1157851
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