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.
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 887121
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 848463
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 849851
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 892165
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1665517
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928846
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 928121
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929758
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929519
from Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929053
with Deck the Hall
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 929029
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909119
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930622
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930525
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930452
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930157
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906402
Orchestra
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 933318
Handbell & Percussion
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 932965
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 937400
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936993
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936985
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936863
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936782
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933962
with Away in a Manger
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934970
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 938766
Jazz
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936367
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 338749
Christmas Oratorio
after the first edition of 1869
Piano score XL in large, reader-friendly print
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Piano reduction (XL format)
Item no.: 663110
16 adventliche und winterliche Liederhits inkl. Kopiervorlage für Kinderchor
Children's Voices
for: Children's choir (1–2 parts), piano
ChorSolo part(s), Piano score
Item no.: 663858
Kantate für Tenor oder Sopran, 4-5 stimmigen Chor, 2 Hörner oder 2 Oboen, 5-stimmiges Streichorchester und Generalbass
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 671140
Pavane Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168394
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1169526
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169524
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812999
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810325
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 139871
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802607
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 363181
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 322009
New Engraving
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 321934
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321914
66 Stücke für Advent und Weihnachten
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 632212
Sing in the Barbershop Quartet, Volume 1
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Buch + CD
Item no.: 586969
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169452
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321843
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 556843
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