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: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 621646
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 744905
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
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Item no.: 663499
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
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Item no.: 662949
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 660002
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; organ ad lib.
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Item no.: 656089
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 127756
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 444987
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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Item no.: 413280
for: Mixed choir, piano
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Item no.: 380982
for: 4 voices [mixed choir], (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 238231
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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Item no.: 237402
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 235058
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 458411
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir book
Item no.: 178455
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 455896
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 362562
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1001321
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 372281
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 409569
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 350880
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 140067
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 120657
Cantata for Whit Monday
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116721
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802115
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802069
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801897
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806239
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806195
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806140
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806578
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808221
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808093
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 802706
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802383
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810574
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810559
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810539
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811105
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 191613
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810096
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809992
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 811863
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532593
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812198
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812115
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812085
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807528
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