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.
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806999
aus: Magnificat octo tonorum
for: 4 voices [mixed choir], (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 423725
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 291478
Sanctus
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423758
for: Mixed choir, organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 423618
The Groovy Version of OX
Capella Novanta
for: Soloist, mixed choir, orchestra
Audio-CD
Item no.: 154198
ZWV 108
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 235216
oder "Hirten auf dem Weg zur Krippe"
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Set of parts
Item no.: 336748
Lett For Kor 1
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 203685
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 203654
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272638
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599162
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Glockenspiel & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591041
Swingle Bells Streichquartett & Chor
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591019
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Sleigh Bells [or Tambourine] & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590984
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590945
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590882
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901092
Christmas And Advent Motets For 6 Voices
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 280051
für die heilige Christnacht
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 1668999
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124209
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126404
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125717
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1124344
16 leichte Chorsätze in Originalsprache und singbaren deutschen Texten für Männerchor (TTBB) a cappella
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1664598
Hinshaw Concert
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1057187
F-Dur
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Organ reduction
Item no.: 237795
Magnifikat in A
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 237403
Magnifikat in A
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 237402
ZWV 107
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 236188
Medley Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804021
[with The Christmas Song Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire]
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803426
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 372281
Eulenberg Taschenpartitur
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392278
Stand up Theater
zwei lustige, musikalische Theaterstücke
for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 768031
18 traditionelle Weihnachtslieder für gemischten Chor (SAB) und Klavier (Gitarre ad lib)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano [guitar]
Score
Item no.: 672089
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 171231
Flexi-Band [5 Parts] + Chorus [SATB], Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598153
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592584
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 297945
Eine zauberhafte Reise in die Zeit der Lichterfeste, Advent und Weihnachten für Gesang und Klavier (Melodieinstrument in C ad libitum)
18 Lieder zum Zuhörern und Mitsingen
for: Children's choir [solo voice], piano [guitar/keyboard]; melody instrument (C) ad lib.
Songbook
Item no.: 656164
Weihnachtslieder für einstimmigen Chor (oder Solo)
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 659214
Faber Program Series
for: Women's choir (SSA/SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 552294
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596826
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 297323
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594489
Frauenchor (Begleitung ad lib)
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 642625
bearbeitet von Johann Sebastian Bach
BWV Anh30
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 621646
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