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
Score
Item no.: 491522
Medley from "Whole Lotta Faintin' Goin' On" for 2-Part-Choir and Piano
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 674414
Patriotic US-American hymn
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 673422
ShowTrax CD
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 672218
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556340
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964204
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964202
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774365
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 689917
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 812700
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 813086
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814014
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533043
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532852
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532761
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 801237
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 801019
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 290481
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Buch
Item no.: 330588
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 206750
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 204926
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 164685
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 658262
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 556215
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 644158
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 635231
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 120557
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 346192
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 337960
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 397464
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 377416
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 366621
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808351
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 578127
An Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text
– Graduated prices on request –
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1653837
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1667262
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1566875
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1566853
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1566851
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532741
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532623
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1532598
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532585
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532580
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532463
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532411
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777308
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