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: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813853
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813778
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813677
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813668
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813659
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813626
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813616
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 811458
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811405
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811399
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811394
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811336
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811307
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811232
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811176
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811173
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811081
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810982
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812992
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812975
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812929
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 812904
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812900
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812859
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812659
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 812550
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 812546
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812540
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 812520
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 278733
Carus Choir Coach
Hob. XXII:9, 1796
Practice aids, voice part alto
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689302
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 781444
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 474402
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 121147
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1671842
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB), piano
Score, 10 Choir scores, Piano accompaniment
Item no.: 496625
Urtextausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 662161
Allaccia Moccia nel Tango
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 659391
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB), organ
Score
Item no.: 177723
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (favorite SSATB, capella SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 409616
for: Children's choir (1–2 parts), actors, piano, bass, drums [orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 655814
for: Soloists, children's choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 778264
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 778251
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