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: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 586903
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920410
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 894483
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891201
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 660073
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 471535
für Soli, Chor und Orchester (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 180283
für 4 Solostimmen, Chor, Orchester und Orgel (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 171259
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 147454
for: 2 soloists (ABar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 380007
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892636
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 610315
for: Male choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 102861
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 104129
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1645304
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 905862
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903524
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903513
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903342
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 902714
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900609
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 895549
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 892426
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 884472
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 882440
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 880872
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 876352
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 872094
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 871552
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 869665
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 869597
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867827
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 909678
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 903961
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 902043
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 896867
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 893638
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 890219
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 869218
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 863446
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 908929
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 907564
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 907126
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 902731
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 902510
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 902083
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 885624
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1004922
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