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.
Traditional (Vertrauen und Hoffnung)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730188
Only available in combination with choral score!
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), piano; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 199340
Imaginations for Choir with Lyrics by Thomas Moore
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSAATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 633192
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352642
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 891796
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318188
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 935146
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318174
Arranged for 2 sopranos and Piano
for: Women's choir (SS), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 675126
for: Children's choir, piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 646069
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 361752
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 477052
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319328
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 982679
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319342
Five classic pop ballads arranged for SSA choir with piano accompaniment.
The Novello Youth Chorals
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 132419
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 302932
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 184469
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982771
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 446053
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 980985
for: Voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), piano; chamber orchestra ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 665504
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 364640
for: 2 voices (SS) [women's choir], piano
Score
Item no.: 321637
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 321636
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307896
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 674463
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 323779
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ/orchestra]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 192203
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 241228
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1329744
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 371060
Madrigal for Mixed Choir with Piano or Orchestra Accompaniment
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]; 4 soloists (SATB) ad lib.
Piano reduction
Item no.: 304695
for: Mixed choir (SATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 628286
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 471680
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 474715
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (3 voices), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 460517
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 908904
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 322112
for: Choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982625
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, cor anglais, bassoon, 4 trumpets, , snare drum, timpani, organ
Score
Item no.: 321285
as recorded by both Snow Patrol and Leona Lewis
Words and Music by Gary Lightbody, Jonathan Quinn, Merk McClelland, Nathan Connolly and Iain Archer
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Music score
Item no.: 459758
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 417439
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score, Poster
Item no.: 417436
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 488609
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 876887
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 322820
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 897960
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