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
CD
Item no.: 904366
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 850174
for: Choir
Book, CD
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for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930677
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929914
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 849526
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909823
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 924128
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 658944
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 847910
for: Concert band; chorus, string orchestra ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 692832
for: Choir
Play-along CD 1
Item no.: 696494
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 686255
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 576657
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 456482
für Soli, Darsteller, Kinderchor und Klavier (Instrumente ad lib)
Playback-CD
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 319701
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 491424
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 462785
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 236014
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 243392
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 909199
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 119707
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 176756
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 613133
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 clarinets (B-flat), 2 horns (C), 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 tenor horns, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Score
Item no.: 499740
for: Children's choir, piano [guitar]
Score
Item no.: 343679
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 556853
for: Winds class (flexible winds ensemble); choir ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 273556
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 658303
for: Children's choir [women's choir] (SSA), flute, clarinet, strings, harp
Score
Item no.: 1555843
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 946583
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 939543
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 890162
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 119689
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 119469
for: 1–3 soloists, mixed choir [children's choir], flexible ensemble, organ
Score
Item no.: 149566
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169653
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169482
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169474
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 604590
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 662723
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 765960
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 690590
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798766
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