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); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 941305
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 940630
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 940525
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 941231
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 940940
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 938766
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 939569
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936993
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936985
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936863
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 937400
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933962
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929519
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929053
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 929029
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928846
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 928121
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 848463
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930622
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930525
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930452
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930157
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929758
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 933318
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 932965
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763952
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 763825
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 763145
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 762717
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909119
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906402
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 849851
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 887121
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 768873
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 765448
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 765447
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 764426
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 764423
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 559051
A Medley of Carols
young symphonic band series
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 696643
for: Choir, wind ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 696495
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 686254
for: String orchestra; chorus, concert band ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 496804
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 649438
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Item no.: 576587
Angelus Domini
für Frauenchor (2 Frauenchöre oder Soloterzett und 4-stimmiger Frauenchor)
for: 3 soloists (SSA), women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 462084
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