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), the parish, organ
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Item no.: 483871
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 482710
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
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Item no.: 560336
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
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Item no.: 559881
for: Children's choir, piano
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Item no.: 559664
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
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Item no.: 557020
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 664274
for: Women's choir, cello, percussion
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Item no.: 664234
for: Mixed choir, orchestra [organ]
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Item no.: 626808
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 625554
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 625482
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 624035
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
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Item no.: 623117
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 623005
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
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Item no.: 622597
for: Children's choir (2 parts), piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
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Item no.: 620230
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
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Item no.: 636383
for: Mixed choir (1 voice) [the parish]; instruments ad lib.
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Item no.: 634990
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, cello, organ
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Item no.: 634250
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 633902
for: Male choir (TTBB), concert band
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Item no.: 745454
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
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Item no.: 781341
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
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Item no.: 674932
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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Item no.: 671061
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
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Item no.: 670851
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
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Item no.: 668214
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 644852
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
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Item no.: 644101
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
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Item no.: 644058
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 643889
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; organ ad lib.
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Item no.: 656086
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
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Item no.: 649721
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
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Item no.: 641394
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
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Item no.: 772795
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
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Item no.: 772487
Arrangement for strings, harp and organ
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
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Item no.: 771664
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ; brass winds ad lib.
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Item no.: 771359
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 767187
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
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Item no.: 797951
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 797284
Psalm versetts
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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Item no.: 687698
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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Item no.: 687400
Women's Choir (SSAA) a capella
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Schott Choral Music
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
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Item no.: 685241
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SAB), combo
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Item no.: 685063
for children's chorus and orchestra
for: Children's choir, orchestra
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Item no.: 684693
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
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Item no.: 684121
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
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Item no.: 684088
for: Children's choir (S/SA) [mixed choir (SAM)], piano; instruments ad lib.
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Item no.: 692541
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