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: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342739
for: Male choir
Einzelstimme
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for: Choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Einzelstimme
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for: Male choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Einzelstimme
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for: Male choir
Einzelstimme
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
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for: Male choir
Einzelstimme
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for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342486
for: Choir
Piano reduction
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for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1341739
for: Choir
Piano reduction
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for: Choir
Piano reduction
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for: Choir
Piano reduction
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for: Male choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Piano reduction
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for: Choir
Piano reduction
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for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341670
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
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for: Choir
Einzelstimme
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Einzelstimme
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for: Choir
Einzelstimme
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Einzelstimme
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Einzelstimme
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Einzelstimme
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Einzelstimme
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for: Choir
Einzelstimme
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for: Choir
Einzelstimme
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for: Choir
Einzelstimme
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for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1341409
for: Male choir
OTHER
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for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342313
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1342290
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
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for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342224
for: Male choir
Piano reduction
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for: Male choir
Piano reduction
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for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342183
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342163
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342146
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342145
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342133
for: Male choir
OTHER
Item no.: 1342132
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342127
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342101
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