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: Women's choir, organ
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Item no.: 374705
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 344986
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 365794
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
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Item no.: 362706
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
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Item no.: 362297
for: Voice [choir], organ [piano]
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Item no.: 354470
for: Mixed choir, piano
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Item no.: 579066
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, kettle drums, percussion
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Item no.: 606587
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
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Item no.: 604581
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
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Item no.: 616053
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 302028
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
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Item no.: 334315
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 309779
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 309761
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 309663
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 476390
for: Solo voice (baritone), mixed choir (SATB)
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Item no.: 471770
for: Women's choir (3 parts) a cappella
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Item no.: 481600
for: Mixed choir, piano
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Item no.: 566039
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
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Item no.: 565846
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
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Item no.: 1667862
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
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Item no.: 1654838
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
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Item no.: 1653119
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
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Item no.: 1642672
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
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Item no.: 1671050
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1337423
for: Choir, organ
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Item no.: 1338766
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
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Item no.: 1338527
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
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Item no.: 1338526
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
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Item no.: 1338517
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
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Item no.: 1338060
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340167
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340108
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339895
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340385
for: Choir
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Item no.: 948749
for: Choir
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Item no.: 889358
for: Choir
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Item no.: 1169644
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 1169570
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 1169531
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 985752
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 1330995
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 858666
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 877500
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900766
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 910706
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 911145
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
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Item no.: 1040554
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