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), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 866681
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 674463
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 474715
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 691661
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 671422
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1215735
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 340497
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862266
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; brass, percussion ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 858695
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820540
for: Voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), piano; chamber orchestra ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 665504
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 637085
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 461566
for: Mixed choir (SATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 628286
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820530
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 903009
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318128
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317722
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 901643
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317397
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1106425
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1353479
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 1107685
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), organ
Score
Item no.: 901266
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 857680
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 328753
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 745198
for: Mixed choir (SATB), keyboard, bass
Score
Item no.: 634538
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 686692
for mixed chorus and organ
from Lyra Davidica
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 684322
for: Women's choir (2–3 parts), organ
Score
Item no.: 774984
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 491606
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 768864
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551682
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106545
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343430
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 446053
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
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for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 831965
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 877196
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 861371
from: The Messiah, 2nd Part, No. 31 F major
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra [organ]
Score
Item no.: 236033
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