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.
D. 513
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4629
aus: Fuenfftzig Geistliche Lieder vnd Psalmen
Nürnberg, 1586
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5251
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1158934
Lieder, Songs & Evergreens
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 633521
Marien- und Wiegenlieder
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731848
Weihnachtsmotette
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 663311
für gem Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 663392
(Great Britain)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 741271
Weihnachtslied
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 658777
Pavane Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1168378
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 899972
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965462
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003398
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167563
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167634
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Sing Noel and We Wish You a Merry Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1656330
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1169595
für SSA und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1608999
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167729
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169578
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965597
A Christmas Musical for Children
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1167759
Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897556
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 965525
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 965598
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169598
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931244
Klassik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 897170
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965679
Together We Sing Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122917
Together We Sing Series
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125422
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125059
from Three Folk Carols
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904052
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167726
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 965495
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167406
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 688291
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901165
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808616
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985724
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 819512
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 662541
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 299319
From two Marian Motets
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 315907
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317192
Einzeln nur mit Anti-Kopier-Stempel lieferbar!
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 clarinets (A/B-flat), strings, organ; 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 trombones, timpani ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 612518
Krippenspiel für Kinder und Tasteninstrument
Erweiterte Neuausgabe
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Piano score
Item no.: 332057
Beliebte englische und amerikanische Weihnachtslieder für Männerchor (Klavier ad lib.)
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 314002
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