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 (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862404
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 278594
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1317797
Hob. XXI:3
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 697311
Actus tragicus. Trauermusik
BWV 106
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233629
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1562029
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317743
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317734
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 317727
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317539
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317518
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 317379
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 317315
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317310
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 317305
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318177
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 317788
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317766
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 293694
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 364104
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 677101
for: Choir (one voice) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 585416
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 682466
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 348168
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 635251
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 361207
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 185388
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 349387
for: Mixed choir, harp, strings
Choir score
Item no.: 663766
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 497387
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 613984
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285415
for: Mixed choir (SATB), children's choir, organ, small orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 684365
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910247
URTEXT Neuausgabe nach den Quellen
deutsch / englisch (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 608628
Es erhub sich ein Streit
Cantata at St Michael and All Angels
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 328318
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 673116
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 898769
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285560
Lyric Fairy Tale in Three Acts
After the historical vocal score (1905)
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1331553
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1715955
for: Solo voice, women's choir (SSAA)
Choir score
Item no.: 1702030
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for: Women's choir [children's choir] a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 664593
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
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for: Male choir, guitar
Score
Item no.: 638629
for: Male choir, guitar
Score
Item no.: 638589
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Choir score
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for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 772236
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