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, organ
Score
Item no.: 1338042
10 Exemplaires
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1070890
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 375924
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760307
(France)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 734226
(A Christmas Celebration)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800242
Ankündigung der Geburt Jesu. Evangeliendialog. Aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte II
gleicher Notentext wie Ave Maria SWV 334
for: 2 soloists (SA), favorit choir (SSATB), 5 melodic instruments, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 231803
KV 195 (186d)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 430845
Chorheft 1: Advent/ Weihnachten
for: Mixed choir (3–4 parts) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 691370
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 633000
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1656600
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126583
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124322
3 part any combination
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 447082
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 801461
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 899430
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898092
Oratorio fragment
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Complete Orchestral Parts (Part 1 and 2)
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 683339
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1656116
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1018961
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806318
Medley
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811109
[with The Christmas Song Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire]
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809212
with Nuttin' for Christmas
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805731
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805654
(Medley)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801265
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812555
Silent Night
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985385
Medley
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806185
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813403
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813145
Sinfonische Liedkantate I
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 620526
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807726
SAM-Klang
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1532672
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562962
with Coventry Carol
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1656682
known as "Messa per la notte di natale" / first edition
for: 3 soloists (TBarB), mixed choir (SATTB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 765227
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 1667000
Kantate zum 3. Weihnachtsfesttag (Urfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 484581
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 657126
Cantata for the 2nd day of Pentecost
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233137
Flexi-Band [4 Parts] & Chorus SATB, Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599304
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 236804
Streichorchester & Chor
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Choir, String orchestra; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596829
for mixed chorus and flexible 5-part ensemble (rhythm group ad lib)
score, instrumental parts and 20 chorus scores
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598626
Flexi-Band [5 Parts] + Chorus [SATB], Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598151
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598143
England / Frankreich
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733378
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