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 ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 925745
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 925728
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924183
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924061
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923724
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 923662
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923516
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 917037
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916796
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916584
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916354
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916085
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915671
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 915590
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915558
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915033
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 914864
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 914424
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913869
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913563
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913294
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913261
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913067
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912706
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912630
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912201
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911878
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911187
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117436
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100758
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100756
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 831726
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931284
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 925821
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923931
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330303
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330272
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328185
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328184
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328168
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328160
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326240
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326238
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326237
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326229
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326210
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326198
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326197
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