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.
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Neue Studienpartituren-Reihe
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 209199
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 948496
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 948195
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 942812
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934382
A Choral Medley
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 911881
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 945859
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 947357
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 944426
40 Choral Parts
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir parts
Item no.: 804924
Oper in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388576
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
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 931642
Developing the Creative Brain in the 21st Century
Kodaly Today Handbook Series
for: School class
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 888402
The Music and Lives of 18 Noteworthy Composers, Teachers, and Performers
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 847284
Musikalische Tragödie
Opera Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 242943
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 633051
Lyrische Komödie in drei Akten
Opera Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 134408
Repertoire Explorer 911
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Item no.: 690326
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929326
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 948383
Trittico teatrale liberamente tratto da opere
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351593
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1013804
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 944257
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 943769
Secular oratorio HWV 58
for: 5 soloists (SAATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 312919
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1013790
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 640903
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 920519
A Concert Collection for SATB Voices
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 912205
Wedding cantata
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 680677
Developing the Creative Brain in the 21st Century
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 886653
A Collection of Standards-Based Lessons for the K--7 General Music Classroom - Teacher's Handbook
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 846928
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 842888
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 943037
A Presentation of Holiday Hits Arranged for 2-Part Voices
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 847508
Ballade von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Carl Loewe Edition Band 12
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1009456
Unterrichtsmaterial
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1594495
Developing the Creative Brain in the 21st Century
Kodaly Today Handbook Series
for: School class
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 887217
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 944331
for 3-Part Mixed Voices
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 937302
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 910343
An Opera in Three Acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 637346
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 341393
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 945963
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 847742
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 848418
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