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: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 658928
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 658009
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Item no.: 469948
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 773511
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 300540
Sacred Repertoire, Volume 2 – Holy Week to Pentecost
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 688023
9 Settings based on Spanish-Jewish Folk Songs
for: Mixed choir; percussion ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 579863
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 285592
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285581
Cantata for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285533
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 670831
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168353
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 798586
for: Male choir (TTBarB), organ
Score
Item no.: 776589
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 481599
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1142
for: Male choir (3–4 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 337094
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ [guitar] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 672321
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803777
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803722
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803721
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
CD
Item no.: 803711
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803664
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803658
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803655
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803597
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803578
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803566
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803553
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803506
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803475
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803438
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803382
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803338
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805763
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805738
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805716
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805667
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805538
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805369
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805364
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803290
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 803289
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803264
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803249
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