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.
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Choir score
Item no.: 1011423
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003417
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1002994
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002765
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1002166
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002100
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965191
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 964957
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315913
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 993368
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1007471
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Book
Item no.: 1005741
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 1007369
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Book
Item no.: 1007900
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423311
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423201
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422251
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 484573
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 484005
for: Children's choir
Score
Item no.: 481854
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 477233
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 476861
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings
Score
Item no.: 474283
for: Soloist, mixed choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 471116
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 464358
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 446449
for: Women's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 444734
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 444733
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 554344
for: Mixed choir (SATB), parish, brass winds, organ
Score
Item no.: 769596
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 581036
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 604576
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 602344
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 562592
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 627061
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 622157
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 346204
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB)
Score
Item no.: 345755
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 367395
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 365131
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 386682
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 385978
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 354645
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Score
Item no.: 376402
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 375644
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 373039
for: Male choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 372302
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
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