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.
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [youth concert band]
Choir score
Item no.: 696796
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746077
for: Women's choir (SSA), flute, hand drum
Choir score
Item no.: 745915
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556189
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 477066
for: 2 voices (SS) [women's choir], 2 violins, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 647361
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ
Score
Item no.: 929551
for: Mixed choir (SABar), 2 trumpets, piano
Score
Item no.: 1015351
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 630587
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 601938
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 655339
Traditional English Round for male choir (TBB) and piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 679911
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 690700
19th Century Basque Carol
Sacred Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 745708
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806577
Traditional Dutch Choral
Sacred Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 697586
for: Mixed choir (SATB); violin ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 777594
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 797646
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672414
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814284
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812447
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804906
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799696
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815480
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815289
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745946
text from "Christmas Poem" by George Mackay Brown
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 750653
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732579
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760280
Aus Schottland
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 746582
Gospelsong (Weihnachten)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730160
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 326555
19th Century Basque Carol
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 632806
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 489800
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 342225
Fünf Chorsätze zur Weihnachtszeit
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 694181
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 460525
for: Women's choir (1 part), mixed choir (SATB), harp
Score
Item no.: 667134
Cantata for the 1st day of Christmas
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1549505
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Set of parts
Item no.: 691687
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 320470
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862740
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551199
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 191697
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965551
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1059079
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SAATB), organ [piano]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 863461
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317204
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