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
Choir score
Item no.: 1330946
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1330929
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 936552
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 557236
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850782
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 839017
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 838625
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 840894
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 840830
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 839717
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002676
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002640
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002351
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001868
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001648
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001559
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1001551
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965226
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 965038
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 964974
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 964935
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 316035
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 315887
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1327061
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1327052
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1327049
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1327041
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1327013
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326990
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326961
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326953
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326947
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326945
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326871
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326868
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1326851
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1326801
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003591
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 834536
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002915
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002781
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002341
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001998
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003270
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167401
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167375
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167351
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1354135
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