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 (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 858666
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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
Choir score
Item no.: 911145
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1040554
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 247294
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 158148
Weihnachtsoratorium für Soli, Sprecher, Chor und Orchester
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 578677
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 893655
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1353491
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 297306
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Choir score, Single parts
Item no.: 877249
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 494467
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 297311
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317507
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916332
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 627458
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 494596
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1478379
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1478378
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 340076
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 672752
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803759
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803479
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805761
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805590
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805588
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803201
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802321
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804278
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804056
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805180
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802218
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801861
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 801775
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801761
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3560
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 3549
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 4045
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4032
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5399
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 5245
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 470631
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo [organ] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 5698
for: Mixed choir (SSAB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1162
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1022880
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 816057
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