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 Scotland
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728123
for mixed chorus a cappella score
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), percussion
Choir score
Item no.: 675854
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 561486
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 649093
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 669183
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 620823
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 491541
for: 2 mixed choirs (SSAT, ATBarB), double bass, organ; mixed choir (SSATB), 5 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 423319
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 433232
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 460545
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 460495
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 234188
from : Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (SMezATBB), orchestra; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231955
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 190735
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 687726
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir book
Item no.: 586762
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 361036
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), flute, keyboard [guitar]; chamber orchestra ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 647754
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 631595
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 620474
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 485903
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 342927
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004553
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1039066
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 899553
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1005260
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 168332
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1673138
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1672995
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1634801
for: Choir (one voice), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 628324
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 462410
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 636257
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 635593
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 634914
Distinguished Choral Music
for: Women's choir (SMezA), harp [piano]
Score
Item no.: 647713
for: 2 mixed choirs (SMezATB/SMezATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 618720
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 608038
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 684103
for: Women's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 343797
for: Mixed choir (3–6 parts) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 340969
for: Mixed choir (SATB); rhythm goup (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 347182
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 744959
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 744898
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 691677
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 682188
for Mixed Choir (SABar) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 679674
for Mixed Choir (SATB) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 679656
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