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.
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 859242
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117319
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341505
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911923
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101228
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101250
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324572
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159221
Walton Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985445
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110815
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959507
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111676
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 954051
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 884794
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 916309
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1105005
Shawnee Press
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1121199
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824959
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 964389
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1158785
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1157458
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1153558
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913108
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 937714
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100728
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 926984
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924371
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 836434
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924260
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 840429
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1172909
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1628173
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115712
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324434
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Buch
Item no.: 1174843
Rauhaa Vain Rauhaa
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1147807
for: Choir
Item no.: 1565749
Klassik
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 819606
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 938242
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324630
C Instruments, Trumpet, Cello
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158131
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101766
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959951
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 877290
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910088
At the Table of Jesus
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1152772
Flute
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1149933
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953354
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