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 (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810482
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806875
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806773
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806753
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806747
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806674
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806656
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806595
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806572
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806364
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807868
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807830
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807797
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807795
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807790
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807722
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807710
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807650
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807549
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807517
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807504
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807486
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 807463
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807451
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807197
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807169
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807166
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807153
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807144
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807140
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807107
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807049
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806959
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806956
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806905
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 806888
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806288
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 806218
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806136
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806067
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 806052
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805951
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805870
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805859
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 805853
for: School class
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 809937
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