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 (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309735
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 309729
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 309714
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 309707
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 309698
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 309693
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 309643
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 309641
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 309628
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 309611
for: Choir
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Item no.: 309527
for: Choir
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Item no.: 309511
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 835725
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 836364
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 840681
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 840400
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 131276
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 838663
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 836981
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 840720
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 840369
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 839077
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 838030
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 837396
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 834996
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 834944
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 836766
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 835286
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 835279
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 835212
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 839381
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 838609
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 838633
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 838319
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1106594
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 779125
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 778987
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 777806
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 864386
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 888514
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 884086
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
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Item no.: 384357
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 683913
for: Choir, instruments
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Item no.: 103693
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
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Item no.: 158477
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 123196
for: Children's choir, piano
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Item no.: 123186
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 121982
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