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.
Paris 1599/Köln 1638
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725388
Anhang C zum Magnificat BWV 243
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Music score
Item no.: 722936
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 738794
as well as songs for advent and winter season
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1664423
(Peru)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756221
(Ireland)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756212
Christus ist heut' geboren
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 746585
Lieder des 16. Jahrhunderts
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 746579
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592567
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592563
for: Mixed choir (SATB), saxophone quartet; rhythm group ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590937
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590912
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590903
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590771
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590710
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590709
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590707
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590704
for SATB choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 779579
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375377
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374260
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339651
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339589
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339550
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339525
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339516
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339233
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1337091
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340391
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1337999
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340091
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1338644
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1435
for: Mixed choir (SSAB) [4 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3543
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3535
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); basso continuo [organ] ad lib.
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 3519
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730725
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125408
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo [organ] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 4425
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4414
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, choir score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5863
for: Women's choir (AA) [2 solo voices]; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 2792
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano [organ] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 2420
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 4781
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ score
Item no.: 276798
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 855678
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 914067
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1095419
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