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: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
[französich, deutsch]
Item no.: 577697
für Soli, gemischten Chor, zwei Trompeten, Pauken, zwei Violinen und Basso continuo
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 303402
für Soli, gemischten Chor und Orchester
Spielpartitur Blockflöten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Ensemble score
Item no.: 671139
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549911
Ein Singspiel nach Lukas 2,1-20 für Kinder- und Jugendchor und Klavier (Flöte/Klarinette/Schlagzeug ad lib)
Partitur mit Aufführungshinweisen
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 654931
Als der Sohn geboren war
Weihnachtsmotette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; soloists, 2 trumpets ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 636246
für Singstimme (Solo oder einstimmiger Chor) und Klavier
for: Voice [choir], piano
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 618700
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
Study Score 420
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 559837
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 722381
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751463
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747950
for: Mixed choir, organ [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 610333
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125181
The Little Jesus Came to Town
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1038981
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1150991
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1157497
(Latvia)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726416
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 918713
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342478
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815825
D. 386
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1882
Christmas Carol
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 2292
Christmas Carol
for Mixed Choir and Piano or Organ ad lib.
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano [organ] ad lib.
Sheet music
Item no.: 2422
op. 176, Nr. 9
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1372
Christmas Carol
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 3555
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077960
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1014996
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Item no.: 203632
for: Children's choir
Item no.: 552127
for: Choir
Songbook
Item no.: 489585
Power Of Voice - Wedding Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 319073
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 328200
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1115041
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1017011
Demo-CD
for: Mixed choir, instruments
CD
Item no.: 243504
Kantate
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 339933
Pavane Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168292
Maritimes Advents- und Weihnachtslied
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 617753
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 663500
"Christkindlmesse"
Stimmensatz - Klarinette und Horn
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts (Wind instruments)
Item no.: 775920
with Joy to the World
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 347476
for: Mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 369766
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309593
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 494809
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 859516
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 315203
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 379417
Choral Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317523
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