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: Children's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 255900
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 475244
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 485324
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 470991
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 157486
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985793
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168611
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985434
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 556884
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1168699
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1149434
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1633949
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1582860
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 876976
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 861489
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 865626
for: Mixed choir (SATB), violin
Score
Item no.: 866990
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 1563141
A Grand Opera in Two Acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1560764
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1660825
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660819
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1660789
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1660785
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1660780
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1582355
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1660778
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1657346
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1544202
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1160736
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 777481
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1585721
Lyric Fairy Tale in Three Acts
After the historical vocal score (1905)
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1331553
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1715955
for: Solo voice, women's choir (SSAA)
Choir score
Item no.: 1702030
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 772236
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1627741
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1627716
for: Women's choir (SSSAAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 695450
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 697503
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 697075
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 414349
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 334535
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1551263
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 245394
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 395275
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 1160997
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984513
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774391
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