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.
from England
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728125
from England
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728124
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 691668
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 920848
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 662068
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 642677
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 864506
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 863490
for: Children's choir
Songbook (melody, lyrics, guitar grips)
Item no.: 765952
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 690180
for: Solo voice (S/A), mixed choir (SATB), jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681007
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678896
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 212421
from England
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740777
for: Women's choir (SSSAAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 736071
Spiritual (Vertrauen und Hoffnung)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 737847
Spiritual; Text: nach Gen 8 (Lieder nach Texten des AT (Psalmen u.a.))
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 737845
for male choir
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 784028
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760218
for: Mixed choir, harp, strings
Choir score
Item no.: 663766
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 613984
1. England: Early one morning
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur mit untergelegtem Klavierauszug
Item no.: 748782
Jubilee (Lob und Dank)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 753478
Gospelsong (Passion)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 753473
3. Rock my Soul
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 782684
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209089
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 184466
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 183722
British and irish Folk Songs for mixed Choir a cappella (in part with Piano)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1670901
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1682026
A Requiem "for those we love"
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 288684
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 355127
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 635012
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910247
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 473301
Psalms 47 and 142
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 445046
Hinshaw Concert
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1059081
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984513
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 293694
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 663788
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano, hand drum
Choir score
Item no.: 1634253
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1149006
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1148749
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1086995
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 823587
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 898769
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 916327
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 911383
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