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 a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 148308
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663805
Aus „Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel“
auch mit unterlegtem Text von: Weihnacht, frohe Weihnacht
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 604319
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Music score
Item no.: 656012
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920396
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 330416
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 138557
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 460549
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 332451
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ/orchestra]
Score
Item no.: 377366
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 123445
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 579126
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 872399
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 908116
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 897756
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 904587
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 894253
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 615892
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Vocal score, Choir score
Item no.: 317321
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317728
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 474882
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 432346
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 273017
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 208999
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918265
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 899926
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041726
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039305
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038206
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 904097
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1078368
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077186
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 965382
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985562
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168925
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1152526
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1151042
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1160328
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 322169
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 322168
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1150491
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 898298
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 875174
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 553953
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 126996
Christmas Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 773446
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342684
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