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.
Jazz
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 613415
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 138475
for mixed voices with brass, percussion and organ or orchestra
for: Mixed choir, brass winds, percussion, organ [orchestra]
Organ reduction
Item no.: 123416
Kyrie-Gloria-Messe (Lutherische Messe)
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 480231
aus "Geistliche Chor-Music"
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for: Mixed choir (5 voices), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 631289
(Orgelsolomesse)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 185629
bearbeitet für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella von Rudi Spring (1995)
op. 58f
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1658498
Jesu, der du meine Seele
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392232
Nr. 2 aus den Drei Motetten op. 38
Winthrop Rogers Church Choral Series CCS 76
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 342427
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 334634
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905911
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 618792
Lyre Series
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1547200
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 630535
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916507
New Sounds for Concert Band 9
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 689249
Set von 25 Chorpartituren
Musica Sacra
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), concert band; organ ad lib.
25 choir scores
Item no.: 492489
Musica Sacra
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), concert band; organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 492488
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931308
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 488448
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 932186
A December Wish
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 763264
for: Women's choir a cappella
Chorheft
Item no.: 461854
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1215569
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 934826
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 860043
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 858532
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 858290
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 320404
Opéra Fantastique en 4 actes d'aprés le drame de J. Barbier et Michel Carre
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 557236
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 323394
Eric Whitacre Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 607172
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 905473
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 905102
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 903939
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 903780
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 607472
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924040
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 578733
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 315619
from The Little Prince
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score with piano accompaniment
Item no.: 294175
from The Little Prince
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 191733
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Buch
Item no.: 155810
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 869043
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 931480
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931334
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931129
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931121
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