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: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 495701
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 337880
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 620526
for: Women's choir, several instruments
Score
Item no.: 425688
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 425439
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 244109
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 235181
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 235089
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 235043
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 234330
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 231798
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Score
Item no.: 231406
Cantata for the 2nd day of Pentecost
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233137
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 186895
for: Favorit choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ; soloist (tenor) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 232096
for: Mixed choir (SSB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 470986
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 469373
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 311494
for: Choir
Music score
Item no.: 144887
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 236782
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 484581
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Lyric book
Item no.: 144975
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 446013
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 586885
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316339
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276417
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594512
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594312
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592588
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592575
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591017
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590988
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590958
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590950
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590816
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590812
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590764
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590761
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590760
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590712
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590711
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590705
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590668
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598151
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598143
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595159
for: Choir, String orchestra; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596829
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599304
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