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.
Längs dem Strand
for: Male choir (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 309367
Aus Alt-Österreich
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309362
Volkslied aus dem 15. Jahrhundert
for: Male choir (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 309358
Manchmal bin ich
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309344
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309315
Ach mein Herz ist leidenschwer
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309289
Tanzlied
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309288
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309272
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309266
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 309264
for: Male choir (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 309249
for: Male choir (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 309228
for: Male choir (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 309227
GL 224
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309184
Kirchenliedsaetze
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309171
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 201778
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 201691
for: Women's choir (SS), piano
CHP
Item no.: 630429
for: Mixed choir (SAB/ SATB), organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 604173
Fassung I für gem. Chor und Volksmusikinstrumente/Orgel
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Harp (orchestral part)
Item no.: 603955
for: Children's choir [women's choir]
Choir score
Item no.: 602888
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 192891
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 175469
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341594
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 193845
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 195005
Geistliche Musik Aus Den Boehmischen Laendern 5
for: Mixed choir (SSATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 427748
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 143518
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 214105
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 213848
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Item no.: 213633
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 209251
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 552931
'Lutheran Mass'
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430740
Sing & Play
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 494760
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 474869
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 365695
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 464313
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 366540
Alte Salzburger Meister 15
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 366436
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 369063
for: Women's choir [children's choir] a cappella
Item no.: 367776
for: Male choir
Item no.: 367644
Kor Spesial 4
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 367491
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 467735
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 428632
Mapa Mundi
for: Mixed choir (7 voices) a cappella
Item no.: 459590
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 443199
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