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 SATB and piano or small orchestra
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 660865
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 637085
for: Mixed choir (SATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 628286
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343490
(Crazy Little Thing Called Love with It's Still Rock and Roll to Me)
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 745037
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 901643
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318128
Assembly Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ; brass quintet, timpani ad lib.
Choir score (for the parish)
Item no.: 696314
Urtext (erste kritische Ausgabe)
for: Solo voice (alto), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679015
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 1107685
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1107550
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677159
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343430
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087175
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985212
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984736
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984505
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984502
for: Mixed choir (SMezATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 851097
Only available in combination with choral score!
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), piano; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 199340
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 871201
for: 2 soloists (ABar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1611349
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 629013
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 905634
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 672456
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1156562
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260772
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 822498
from Hair
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1672971
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087078
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087077
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 617644
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777653
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 777469
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 768136
from Oklahoma!
Pop Choral Series
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762085
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 692192
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 690641
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 686687
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1329744
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1215735
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 811917
for: School class
Buch und Instrument
Item no.: 798307
for: Concert band; voice [choir] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 667862
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 772274
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1667798
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1664366
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532626
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