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: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 136209
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 144281
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 444050
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Item no.: 319350
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982846
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 874992
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB)
Score
Item no.: 884387
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 621199
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 319307
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 552643
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 874382
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1353601
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1317707
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 635177
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 170482
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 869071
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862801
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862723
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862597
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 361999
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 624022
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1712078
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 659115
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 688610
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 865216
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 484619
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 1665039
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 197943
for mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 204427
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1340622
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678415
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 657725
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 874472
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1627832
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1628431
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1628381
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 896289
Eric Whitacre Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 696880
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 555184
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1565770
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 879786
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 772248
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343417
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087125
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087120
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087116
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984531
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984529
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