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: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Buch
Item no.: 910594
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Buch
Item no.: 910273
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551261
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 274870
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 469898
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 644137
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 490833
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1551687
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551675
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 685328
Choral score
for: Children's choir, narrator, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 818212
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1329214
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 312975
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 687587
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 559598
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 339897
for: Mixed choir (SABar); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 191440
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 475244
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 157486
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985793
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168611
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985434
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 556884
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1168699
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1149434
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1633949
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1582860
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 876976
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 861489
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 865626
for: Mixed choir (SATB), violin
Score
Item no.: 866990
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1657346
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1544202
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 414349
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1551263
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 395275
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774391
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760218
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815160
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 691668
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1652718
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, piano
Piano score, choir score
Item no.: 668396
(Choral Medley)
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 746370
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1636264
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862404
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 278594
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1317797
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317743
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