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 (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204682
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204674
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204594
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204497
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204494
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204492
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204489
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204463
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 288832
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 288773
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSAA)
Choir score
Item no.: 281130
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280982
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280964
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280918
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280908
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280836
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280780
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280712
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280708
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280632
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280604
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280557
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280531
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280521
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280515
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280495
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280469
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280363
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280333
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280307
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280293
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280287
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280269
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), orchestra
Partitur
Item no.: 351913
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352328
for: Male choir (TTBB), brass winds, percussion, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352225
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 633411
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Chorstimme
Item no.: 202328
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202313
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202308
for: Choir
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 202261
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 202260
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 201779
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 203470
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203384
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 203373
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 203358
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203329
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