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.: 1002701
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 992882
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1017214
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801964
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809560
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804337
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805938
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812481
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158344
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1150426
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1151684
2. Komm, Nachtigall mein
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751783
(Frankreich, Angelsachsen) / (England)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746953
for: Male choir
[englisch]
Item no.: 468208
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 562572
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121521
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1121964
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121916
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 1551786
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 638277
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308802
for: Children's choir
Score
Item no.: 309100
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330519
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325564
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 979250
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891064
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 618688
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 869101
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1153722
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1151629
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1158407
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911785
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1152973
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1159722
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1156724
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1151278
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1150947
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1150415
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806597
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1157809
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341949
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 915589
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 915249
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916054
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913197
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168726
for: Winds class (flexible winds ensemble); choir ad lib.
Single part Clarinet (B-flat)
Item no.: 145755
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