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: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811322
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811202
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811198
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811187
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811166
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811163
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811155
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811151
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811108
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 811059
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813477
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813434
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813389
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813201
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 813199
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813195
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813188
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813184
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813123
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813091
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813090
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 807252
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807199
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807184
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807136
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807132
for: Choir
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 807083
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807037
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806947
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806934
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805833
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805714
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805605
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805534
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805528
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805469
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805396
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805370
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805360
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806818
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804813
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804785
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804737
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804637
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804536
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804282
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804257
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