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 2 acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyrics
Item no.: 867892
No. 4 Remember
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 901620
Oper/Operette
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923815
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913044
Möseler Chorreihe
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 781824
Neuinstrumentierung (2001)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Single parts 1, 2 in B-flat (tenor saxophone/clarinet)
Item no.: 690348
from Three Nocturnes
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 680302
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 951249
A Question and Answer Carol
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 908001
The New Songs
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1159311
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916959
Volume I
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1157259
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1136712
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 907590
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609320
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959295
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856695
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 892173
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1086222
für gemischten Chor (SATB)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1656921
for unaccompanied voices (SATB)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur beinhaltet Klavierauszug für Probezwecke
Item no.: 759441
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 938208
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1006101
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100613
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 916986
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903801
Das Chorwerk
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760359
Magnificat
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 795675
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950601
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1156800
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1627679
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117218
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121554
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918171
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950141
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111543
Eingangschor aus "Messias" HWV 56
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1659296
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097048
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 1010415
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1177980
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 925691
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 918142
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 951457
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1149659
for: Mixed choir, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 966008
Cantata for Easter Tuesday
Third version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, strings, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 746029
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912500
for: Mixed choir, piano
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 685311
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