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.
Der 117. Psalm
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 346220
for: Mixed choir (SATBarB) a cappella
Item no.: 346003
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 345872
for: Male choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 346452
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 346384
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 343338
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 343289
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343259
for: Women's choir, piano
Item no.: 343610
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343605
am Palmsonntag oder am Fest Mariae Verkündigung
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 344600
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 344292
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB)
Score
Item no.: 345755
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 345682
Reduzierte Fassung
for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.
Harp (orchestral part)
Item no.: 345459
Kantate für für Soli, 4st. Gem. Chor u. Orchester
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 432056
Fröhliches Trinkliederpotpourri
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 372893
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 339084
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 428206
Music Of The Great Churches
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 341515
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 341394
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 340501
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 339725
Settings from Scotland
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 470075
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 365131
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 362983
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 347578
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 348442
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 348072
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 349060
für gemischte Chöre, Tasteninstrument und Instrumente ad lib.
läser in C
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; instruments ad lib.
Single part Trumpet (C)
Item no.: 432467
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 432396
Lied und Finale (2. Akt) aus "Die Fledermaus"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 457402
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Item no.: 465211
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 465179
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 464358
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 464344
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 470566
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 469409
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Children's choir
Score
Item no.: 481854
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Partitur, Ausgabe A
Item no.: 457286
The Ultimate Gospel Choir Book
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 455621
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 455602
for: Male choir
Item no.: 455536
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 445357
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 377905
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 377735
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Item no.: 376672
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