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: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra; organ ad lib.
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Item no.: 237355
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 236934
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 236315
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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Item no.: 235849
for: 3 soloists (STBar), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
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Item no.: 235279
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SSB), chamber orchestra
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Item no.: 234369
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
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Item no.: 234213
for: Mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
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Item no.: 234089
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
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Item no.: 233718
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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Item no.: 230141
for: 4 soloists (SATB) [selected choir], mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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Item no.: 230063
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 229111
for: Mixed choir (SABar); basso continuo ad lib.
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Item no.: 225039
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 254665
for: Mixed choir, instruments
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Item no.: 242651
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
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Item no.: 241622
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
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Item no.: 247919
for: Children's choir (SSA), organ
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Item no.: 244853
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 423428
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 423306
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 423301
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
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Item no.: 423270
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 423260
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
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Item no.: 423183
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
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Item no.: 423072
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ
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Item no.: 422996
for: Mixed choir (SSAB) a cappella
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Item no.: 422895
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 422507
for: Women's choir (SS/SA) [mixed choir (SSB/SAB)], 2 violins, basso continuo; viola ad lib.
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Item no.: 422144
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 421951
for: Voice [children's choir (one part)], piano; melody instrument ad lib.
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Item no.: 421889
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 368834
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 366642
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 366041
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
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Item no.: 365853
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 364375
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
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Item no.: 363755
for: Children's choir (1–3 parts), piano
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Item no.: 363110
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 425251
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
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Item no.: 424707
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
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Item no.: 424372
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 424007
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 423735
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 423733
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 383312
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 382011
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ solo
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Item no.: 341851
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 338453
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