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.: 924004
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 923920
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923858
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916163
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 914236
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 914226
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 914125
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 914017
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913553
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912968
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912923
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912798
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912677
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912570
for: Choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1001532
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1003514
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003175
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002663
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002498
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002303
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1002229
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002217
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001872
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001808
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001723
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001653
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 854555
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912083
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911113
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910288
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909342
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908985
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908909
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908653
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907825
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907782
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