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.
Opera in five acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318183
Opera in three acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318174
Opera in two acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318128
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317747
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317744
Jesus, Thou My Wearied Spirit
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317722
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317407
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317397
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317303
Nr. 3 aus: Vier ungarische Volkslieder
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 330477
aus dem Oratorium: "Der Messias" HWV 56
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307896
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 322822
Lyric Collection of Choral Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 322820
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897383
Modern Spirituals
aus dem Repertoire von GET UP! Landesgospelchor der Evangelischen Kirche von Kurhessen-Waldeck
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir book
Item no.: 694182
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 692192
Early English Church Music 21
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 768913
A Symphony-Cantata after Texts from the Holy Scriptures
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695979
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 772274
Gospels
for: Women's choir (2–3 parts), organ
Score
Item no.: 774984
No. 1 of "Five English Folk Songs"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 930097
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 930510
Madrigal
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1031950
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801159
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911670
for: Mixed choir (SSATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 697425
for mixed choir (SATB)
Vocal Jazz Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 683736
for mixed voices (SATB) and piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 683601
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 626756
The Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Song
Contemporary Festival Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 626447
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB), chamber ensemble
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 769249
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1562769
Das Hohelied der Liebe
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 659053
for mixed chorus (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 670178
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 649084
für gem. Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 625968
(selected definitions of Alice from the cyberspace)
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 691409
Nine Blessings and Cradle-Songs for mixed choir a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 676354
Madrigal for mixed chorus (SATB) a cappella
Choral Music South Africa
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 676324
Weihnachtssingspiel
for: Narrator, youth choir, piano; melody instrument ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 692557
for male chorus a cappella
for: Male choir (TTTBarBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 682465
(In The Bleak Midwinter)
Nur lieferbar in Verbindung mit Chorstimmen!
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 635654
Imaginations for Choir with Lyrics by Thomas Moore
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSAATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 633192
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 612422
Oratorium
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 276776
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 262387
5 Gospels für gemischten Chor und Blechbläserquintett
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba; piano ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 262237
Erfolgreichster Hit der Pet Shop Boys
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 248204
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