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: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532886
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532357
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532356
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532767
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1346555
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1026975
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 777948
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 777417
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777404
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777328
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 768108
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 766512
from Frozen II
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 696946
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777430
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777767
from Frozen: The Broadway Musical
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 746244
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745763
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 229455
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 375361
Gospelsong (Lob und Dank)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 753479
for: School class
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 862315
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 638783
Gospelsong (Lob und Dank)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 744585
"Wiege dich, meine Seele, in Abrahams Schoß"; Spiritual; Text nach Luk. 16, 19-25 (Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 744584
Gospelsong (Vertrauen und Hoffnung)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730181
Spiritual; Text: Ps 102,17 (Lob und Dank)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730179
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; percussion ad lib.
Parts (2)
Item no.: 1343137
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549935
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1714384
Gosepelsong (Lob und Dank)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 753477
Spiritual (Lob und Dank)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 753476
Gospelsong (Passion)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 753474
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732696
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760202
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760185
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 759818
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732574
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1017454
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ
Score
Item no.: 340354
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1099094
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 643336
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 323486
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1169245
Male Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 365610
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1192417
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1552901
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; soprano saxophone ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1552896
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1109726
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