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
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 671641
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 671636
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1689816
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 247903
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 868475
for: 3 soloists (ATB) [mixed choir (4 voices)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 691123
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 879222
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1620810
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1620801
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1620758
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Item no.: 1620693
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1620690
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 1620684
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1620868
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621346
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621345
for: Choir
Item no.: 1345940
for: Choir
Item no.: 1345932
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 1617029
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 817139
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1345960
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1617113
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1617094
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1617150
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1617127
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1620830
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1620922
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1621339
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621332
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1621319
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621308
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621305
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621301
for: Choir
Item no.: 1621237
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621210
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621208
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621192
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 1621137
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1621129
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621101
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 1621063
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621046
for: Choir
Item no.: 1621016
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1105635
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 861548
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 134162
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Bass 1
Item no.: 122492
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1024950
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