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.
from Fiddler on the Roof
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 642071
Neue Bearbeitung 1916 op. 60,2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100622
Handlung in einem Aufzuge von Harry Graf Kessler und Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Richard Strauss - Sämtliche Bühnenwerke
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 364758
opera in 1 act
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 460458
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 194141
Resource Recordings, Grade 4 3 CD set
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1154211
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 464358
Critical Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 674045
Expressive Art (Choral)
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 810606
Medley
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815671
Male Voices Accompaniment CD Volume 1 (Accompaniment CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809857
Ein Singgedicht in einem Akt von Ernst von Wolzogen op. 50
Richard Strauss – Sämtliche Bühnenwerke
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 349592
Oper in drei Akten op. 65
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100648
What Everyone Needs to Know About the Body
for: Choir
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 1155039
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1156133
Resource Recordings, Grades 2 and 3 3 CD set
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 375006
(Chamber Version)
for: Soloist (soprano), women's choir (SSA), string quintet, harp
Score, Parts
Item no.: 765933
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805444
Broadway Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812003
Drama in einem Aufzug nach Oscar Wildes gleichnamiger Dichtung
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100536
Resource Recordings, Grade 4 and Selections from Grade 5 3 CD set
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1149600
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 296489
Oper in zwei Akten und einem Nachspiel
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388787
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 395519
Sacred Songs for Young Voices
for: Choir
Buch + CD
Item no.: 767717
from The Prince of Egypt
Pop Choral Series
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 768133
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 840111
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808550
Medley
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808695
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803383
Medley
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806469
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812687
Oper in zwei Aufzügen von Hugo von Hofmannsthal op. 75
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100697
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 584567
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1156521
Resource Recordings 4-CD set
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1152832
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 774715
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1151258
Musica Sacra
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 691314
Discovery Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1534462
Opera in 3 atti (1 scena) da Euripide
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 832463
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1534588
(ShowTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1534570
Medley Discovery Level 3
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805478
Choral Anthology
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Buch
Item no.: 836630
Klassik
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 840295
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 840595
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 389453
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