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 (2 parts), piano
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Item no.: 745881
for: Women's choir (SS/SA) [mixed choir (SSB/SAB)], 2 violins, basso continuo; viola ad lib.
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Item no.: 646425
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
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Item no.: 576572
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
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Item no.: 564212
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
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Item no.: 421945
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (4 voices), piano
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Item no.: 460554
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
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Item no.: 460492
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 471436
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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Item no.: 470991
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 658575
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 685337
for young male chorus (with cambiata voices) and piano (simplified)
Emerging Voices
for: Male choir, piano
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Item no.: 682680
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 584604
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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Item no.: 606591
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 586944
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 560250
for three-part Choir and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
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Item no.: 679768
for Women's Choir (SSAA) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
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Item no.: 679690
for Mixed Choir (SATB) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 679671
for Men's Choir (TBB) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
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Item no.: 679649
for Women's Choir (SSA) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
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Item no.: 679646
for: Choir (1 part) [mixed choir (SATB)], organ
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Item no.: 679400
for: Choir, piano
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Item no.: 691674
for: Mixed choir (SATB), violin
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Item no.: 866990
for: Children's choir (one voice), organ
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Item no.: 863647
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; brass winds, timpani ad lib.
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Item no.: 370479
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
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Item no.: 367802
"The harp that once thro' Tarra's halls"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [harp, string orchestra]
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Item no.: 352057
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 338451
for: Children's choir (2 voices), pian; strings ad lib.
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Item no.: 361719
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), 2 pianos
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Item no.: 352331
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 493019
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 492775
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
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Item no.: 490833
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 470381
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
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Item no.: 470130
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
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Item no.: 469992
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
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Item no.: 469907
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 469898
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
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Item no.: 466542
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 578271
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 575581
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 566007
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 564037
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 478149
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 586694
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 685332
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