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.
from Footprints in the Sand
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1125068
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 937821
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959778
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1171347
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341614
„Wen bringt ihr uns zur stillen Gesellschaft“
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1689760
Part for 3 Octave handbells (12 Bells)
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1155367
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985466
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097343
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1150979
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 868475
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1149733
(Chiemgau, Oberbayern)
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746805
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111467
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1173675
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125723
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324497
completed and edited by Masato Suzuki (2013/17)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 767628
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111563
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342101
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1159689
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324659
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1212582
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1157286
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1125372
Bassoon
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1155342
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 836364
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1116027
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1193925
tribus vocibus virorum
for: Male choir (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 1136787
Shawnee Press
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126299
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 951789
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330491
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909129
Missa De Angelis - Missa Brevis
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 989007
Per coro a 1 e più voci
for: Mixed choir, organ
Book
Item no.: 989086
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960451
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1152760
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117306
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1096899
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325819
Gemischter Chor (3-st.)
Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 1199957
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 834996
Pavane Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168783
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121475
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824267
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1091783
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097642
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