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: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 216029
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 458839
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Lyric book
Item no.: 229403
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204825
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 204658
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [melodic instruments]
Choir score
Item no.: 204531
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 291641
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 801001
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809671
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808226
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 314011
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 618970
for: Children's choir, performer
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 443969
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801781
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799495
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 943923
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126074
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 613351
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 984720
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (piano reduction)
Item no.: 274601
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 820549
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800481
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 242757
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813561
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807799
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 198621
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276411
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276410
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588204
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591010
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590999
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590997
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590993
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590933
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590929
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590815
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590765
for: Gemischter choir (SATB), string quintet [Streichorchester]; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590730
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590703
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599308
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599300
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599299
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595760
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595190
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