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.
Daybreak Easter Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1557162
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556273
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341840
Choral Cantata
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, violone, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1671847
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905208
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1093197
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964730
from: „Gospelsongs Selected“
for Choir (SATB) and Combo (Piano / Guitar / Bass / Drums)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8039
Chor aus dem Oratorium "Messias"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2563
Harmonia-Gospel Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907342
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964689
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959129
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121092
Oratorio
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1345025
für gemischten Chor (SATB/SAAB) a cappella
Pop.Voxx Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677411
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1343047
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1654551
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano 4 hands
Choir score
Item no.: 1551246
für gemischten Chor (SSATB) a cappella und Beatbox
Pop.Voxx Series
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664727
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 914262
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911103
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121109
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121082
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1192479
aus „What a Wonderful World“
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 601462
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1009498
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1149516
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1340921
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 972293
Peermusic Classical
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1671131
Version for Children's Choir
for: Children's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677344
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1652506
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1669786
Notendownload
for: Choir
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642703
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1666681
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551315
für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 681535
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100890
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 920724
Dictionary-Handbook
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 856323
Misa de la Creación
A Bilingual Setting of the Revised Order of Mass 2010
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor, the parish, wind ensemble, rhythm group (piano, guitar, drums)
Audio-CD
Item no.: 775039
Pasfield Ea310
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105361
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1032128
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167293
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103417
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964837
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 983095
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1109746
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