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: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), piano; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 276298
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1329758
for: 2 mixed choirs (SSAT, ATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 745673
A Symphony-Cantata after Texts from the Holy Scriptures
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695976
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745854
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 655727
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; trumpet ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 772234
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score, CD
Item no.: 655856
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1665170
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1628407
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862062
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 214298
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 473615
for: Male choir, percussion, brass ensemble
Choir score
Item no.: 317297
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 638474
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 320474
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1189195
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317782
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 897897
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 897884
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233840
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318131
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317705
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 321235
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 320398
From: Walt Disney Pictures' `The Lion King´
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319272
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317304
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), narrator, concert band
Score
Item no.: 777548
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 895939
for: Voice [choir (one voice)], piano
Music score
Item no.: 768129
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 658679
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 622034
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1561081
Der Welterfolg aus dem Film „Sister Act“ (ohne Solo)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 495229
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 688612
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 687265
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1611917
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1351732
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 445982
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1639311
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 694836
for: Soloists, children's choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 339672
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 417438
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1021653
for: Mixed choir, organ [piano]
Choir book
Item no.: 432426
for Mixed Chorus (SATB) and Piano
Poem by William Blake
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 684190
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 383020
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1703943
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