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.: 937000
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936990
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936975
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936969
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 936954
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936940
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936932
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936882
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936872
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936865
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936852
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936828
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936813
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936799
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 936778
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936755
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936742
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936707
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936703
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936699
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936695
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936677
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936674
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936666
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936658
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936650
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936647
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936614
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934988
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934986
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 934971
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934923
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934910
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934874
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934836
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934783
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934761
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934697
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934632
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934617
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934598
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934546
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934539
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934452
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934424
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