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 a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043882
e "Novi atque Catholici thesauri musici" Liber primus
for: Mixed choir (6 voices) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 310504
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924115
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1155100
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1159204
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953734
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1156558
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324390
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924277
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532533
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1031991
Ave Maria
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 898077
Opera in 3 acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 899482
No. 5 Annabel Lee
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 897939
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898018
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898964
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043207
für Soli oder gem Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1120982
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1200907
for: Women's choir (SSAA), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1200951
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 998608
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342885
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998483
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998487
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998495
for: Mixed choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 998545
Bearbeitet für Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 670008
Version II (1725)
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1534656
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111252
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, CD
Item no.: 867523
Shawnee Press
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1123861
für SATB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1610401
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1116004
S. A. T. B., a cappella
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1626277
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 921496
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985702
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 823513
Pew Edition Cross Only
for: Choir
Item no.: 1345990
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778747
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1212502
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324768
Eine schöne gute Nacht SSA Partitur
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 647208
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043157
Motette nach dem Volkslied aus Schwaben frei gestaltet
for: Choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 643853
aus Komm, lieber Mai
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 645608
Partitur
Partitur
for: Women's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 646823
Heidelberger Chorblätter
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1534853
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1201214
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