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.
Responsoria ad Matutinum in nativitate Domini MH 639
Urtext-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 472591
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 862899
Carols
for: Mixed choir (SATB), percussion
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 628329
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1021459
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811763
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811520
Purple Mountain (Choral)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810163
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806967
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811748
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 585274
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815017
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808235
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803651
Kikapust Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 166653
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762940
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762911
Traditional Carol – SoundTrax CD
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762502
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, bassoon, violone (orchestral part)
Item no.: 362095
für Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 362092
für gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 381184
Christmas Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 874911
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825664
Together We Sing Series
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 649120
Oratorium
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1110279
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 386079
Incorporating the traditional carol Il est né
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 939203
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934671
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 933184
from A Christmas Story: The Musical
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 907434
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930376
Based on a French Carol
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930084
A Christmas Musical Journey
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 911850
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764251
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764210
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843932
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 842817
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 842812
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 846452
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 844659
Wenn in deutschen Gauen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 647695
Galopp "Schön ist's im Winter"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 751566
8. Christkindleins Wiegenlied "O Jesulein zart"
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733346
(Melodie von 1666)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733503
"Den die Hirten lobeten sehre"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746921
für Soli, Chor und Orchester Partitur
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part(n)
Item no.: 647167
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1320520
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341526
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1341948
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