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) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 800248
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801204
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 801144
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 801023
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800931
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800812
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800754
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810960
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810951
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810832
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810814
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810720
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810481
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814672
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814611
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 814566
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 870033
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862910
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 817921
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 817842
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 816510
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 816274
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814507
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814472
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814451
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814395
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814316
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814145
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814065
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1019476
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 811941
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811938
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811933
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811755
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811688
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812396
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 812285
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812231
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812121
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812054
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812002
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811998
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 809469
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809464
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809437
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 808915
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808644
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