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.: 562712
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 364217
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 309586
for: Male choir (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 309234
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 307724
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 877997
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308553
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 310485
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309391
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; 2 violins, double bass ad lib.
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308284
for: Mixed choir (SATB); flexible ensemble ad lib.
Part 3 (Viola)
Item no.: 672231
for: Mixed choir (SATB); flexible ensemble ad lib.
Part 4 in C, Bass Clef (8vab)
Item no.: 647123
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 189440
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 409445
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280958
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1317161
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814255
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1001756
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1003560
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1002356
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1001475
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 798358
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814376
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813717
for: Male choir, piano
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 242755
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 895837
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202728
for: Soloists [children's choir], guitar
Score
Item no.: 1349750
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1211999
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 424544
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 235987
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 446822
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 277630
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 175995
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234737
for: 2 voices (SS) [female choir (SS)/mixed choir (SSB)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 205488
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 375368
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 230992
for: Mixed choir (SAB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1161137
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 1161119
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 680146
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 697295
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237212
Cantata for Christmas Day
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 552474
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237204
Part 1 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235664
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 472589
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235061
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