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.
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Choir score
Item no.: 920215
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1057482
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002484
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984800
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917754
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857098
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856619
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919642
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1041664
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038520
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1038724
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1094383
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1150378
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1159180
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 479883
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 190849
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 880827
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 322057
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 905610
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315053
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 2291
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 122957
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1717089
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984672
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 797033
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168938
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1154593
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1149784
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1155683
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1154861
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1153610
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 861144
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 857903
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 565128
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919163
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 273856
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 186246
for: Male choir
Item no.: 1652838
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1659034
for: Women's choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 327535
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 137045
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 934979
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317553
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317455
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317404
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317389
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317385
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
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