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.: 317717
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317545
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317507
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903491
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 297311
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121198
(Main Title)
Symphony Pops
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1566850
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 335438
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 463243
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 158148
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 121922
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1478379
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1478378
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 164048
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 163860
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 664949
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 554860
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309779
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo; solo voice (soprano) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 409571
for: Children's choir, alto recorder [violin], piano [guitar]
Songbook (melody, chords, lyrics)
Item no.: 292149
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 138736
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 377965
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309663
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1543986
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 1018696
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 480431
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 213581
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 138737
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 204562
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 145419
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 671143
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392284
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1645248
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1619083
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 798771
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167415
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167391
Christmas and Easter season, songs for other occasions
Musica Sacra egyneműkarra II/1
Karácsonyi és húsvéti ünnepkör, énekek más alkalmakra
for: Women's choir [male choir] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 314012
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 352761
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 245842
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Songbook
Item no.: 577948
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 801015
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812871
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812288
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812180
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810381
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803479
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800297
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