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), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 914736
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 914256
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913919
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328217
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328196
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325796
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325766
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325751
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325749
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325744
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325729
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325722
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325716
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325673
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325663
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325651
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325649
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325627
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325624
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325599
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324784
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324776
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324768
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324750
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324729
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324721
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324716
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324715
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324709
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324707
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324698
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324684
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117402
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117401
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117398
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117394
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117374
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117372
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117367
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117364
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117356
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117348
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117312
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117306
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117294
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117292
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117290
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117289
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