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.
Quittez Pasteurs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105508
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556761
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1091673
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 909530
Chorus XXI
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611207
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121094
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1557303
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959122
Nr. 4 aus: Four Songs at Year's End
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1653967
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 906770
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1103368
for mixed choir (SATB) and piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 682302
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103584
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 682357
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1091677
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 910613
Singin' & Swingin' at the K-2 Chorale Series
for: School class
Score, Parts, CD
Item no.: 1126669
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1014077
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1357822
"Shall I compare Thee to a Summer's Day " for mixed chorus (SATB) a cappella
Choral Music South Africa
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 676321
Spiritual
Sing & Play
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 204997
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 366846
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912563
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 909566
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1192444
H.T. Fitzsimons Co
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1346654
Cantata for the Feast of Ascension
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 621648
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912641
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1169258
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
SV 270
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SSTTB) [5 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo; melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Piano reduction
Item no.: 664042
A Guide for Music Teachers and Choral Conductors (Hardback)
for: Choir
Buch Gebunden
Item no.: 1643130
Opera in three Acts
Brno Version
Complete Critical Edition of the Works of Leoš Janácek A/9
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745794
Oper in 3 Akten
Neue Dirigierpartituren-Reihe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 696415
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 680485
Lyric Collection of Choral Music
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964725
Jazzmesse für gemischten Chor SATB und Klavier (Jazztrio ad lib.)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 659354
Acht Chorstücke und Chorarrangements für gemischte Stimmen SATB a cappella
mit Klavierstimme zu Übungszwecken
Helbling Choral Collections
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 658686
Songbook
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Songbook
Item no.: 499085
(To a Heart That's True)
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1658999
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101610
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1317911
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 983083
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820737
für Männerchor
for: Male choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 418581
Gospel auf neuen Wegen
for: Mixed choir (SMezAB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 456404
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 687180
Developing the Creative Brain in the 21st Century
for: School class
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 874581
Cantata for the 15th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 233536
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