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.
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929914
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 849526
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909823
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 924128
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 658944
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 847910
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 890162
for: Concert band; chorus, string orchestra ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 692832
for: Choir
Play-along CD 1
Item no.: 696494
for: Choral
Item no.: 1372495
Aus Schlesien
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725408
aus Schlesien
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725404
Lieder des 16. Jahrhunderts
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725382
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 686255
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 576657
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 456482
MWV A 2 (1822)
für Soli SA(T)B, Chor S(S)ATB und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 227893
Marienmotette für die Osterzeit.
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422000
Missa in Honorem Nativitatis Domini Nostri Jesu Christi
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 326748
for: Voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 208417
Arragement for soloists, choir and organ
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 609518
für Soli, gemischten Chor und Orchester
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition), 2 CDs
Item no.: 383033
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 626406
(Text aus "Winnetou III")
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3050
100 Lieder zu Advent, Weihnachten, Dreikönigsfest
in einfachen Sätzen
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 691010
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280797
Két karácsonyi motetta
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 208528
for: Women's choir (SSAA), organ
Score
Item no.: 346313
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 351109
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 891685
for mixed chorus (SSATB) and chamber ensemble
set of instrumental parts (strings 4-4-0-4)
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), string orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 683512
für Soli, Darsteller, Kinderchor und Klavier (Instrumente ad lib)
Playback-CD
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 319701
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 463842
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 801429
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [chamber orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 611265
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos, percussion
2 piano scores
Item no.: 680909
for: Brass band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1690700
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038520
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123858
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126788
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169433
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169424
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917754
String Quartet - 2 Violins, Viola, Cello or String Quintet - 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Bass
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1156364
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1038929
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126074
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