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
Book
Item no.: 880694
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 872912
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 872441
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Book
Item no.: 871487
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 642803
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 472752
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 899387
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 887879
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 881774
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 861977
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 873473
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 835049
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 840829
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 832189
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 337067
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 854566
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 854556
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 860857
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 860684
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 860125
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315154
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 315140
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315131
for: Mixed choir (SAATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 315066
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315048
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 860751
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 859353
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 858851
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 858292
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 858227
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 641062
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 315171
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 934789
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 860796
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 860585
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Buch
Item no.: 859559
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 859510
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 859432
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 646420
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Music score
Item no.: 320343
for: Women's choir (SA), percussion
Score
Item no.: 934932
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 861086
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 860880
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 860734
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 860029
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 859413
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