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: Women's choir (SA), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 560210
Text: Graduale Romanum
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 741349
nach einem Gedicht aus dem 15. Jh.
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 741256
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 738659
Deutsches Volkslied
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740341
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1546240
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1632797
from Finland
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 754644
Motet
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1209453
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 248412
for Mixed Choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Nr. IV of "De Profundis"
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 679272
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 136999
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 677161
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 466321
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 445303
(Our Mothers' Names)
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 736634
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352248
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 352988
for: 2 soloists (SA), women's choir (SMezA), organ; strings ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 342404
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 894509
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 945050
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 409533
for soloists, choir and orchestra
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 124663
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 678250
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 659052
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 649009
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 307134
for: Male choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 307124
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 211737
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 184593
for: Mixed choir (SATB), parish, brass winds, organ
Organ score
Item no.: 308105
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 878400
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 428704
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 133167
for: Choir, organ
Choir book
Item no.: 493298
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280936
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280898
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280465
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280311
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 281080
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203446
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203412
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203402
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203237
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892945
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Audio-CD
Item no.: 497351
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204433
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204283
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