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 a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 306993
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 306980
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 159688
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 158154
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 628231
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 488005
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 894433
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892775
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892564
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843593
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920155
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 192993
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308261
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308224
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1610216
for: 2 soloists (SA), women's choir (SMezA), organ; strings ad lib.
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 688548
for: Women's choir (SSAA / SSAA), oboe
Choir score
Item no.: 1023928
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 554134
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 894387
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891308
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 890266
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 890151
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 878116
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 865899
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 865873
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 865722
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 865654
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960554
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959849
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 432056
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 476400
Kleine Orgelsolomesse (Johannismesse)
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189396
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 898551
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778458
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778316
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 776942
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 264183
for: Male choir
Book
Item no.: 964118
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1163999
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 993030
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 992812
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 992650
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 992495
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 992505
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 777980
for: Male choir (TBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850831
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 778909
for: Children's choir
Score
Item no.: 778620
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