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 (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097004
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1096926
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960404
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097532
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960109
Arrangement for soli, choir and organ
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1013024
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002346
for: Choir
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 879033
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Chorpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 196007
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 195744
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Instrumental part 1 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1203925
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 797704
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 176497
Christmas music
for three-part chorus, two violins and basso continuo
for: Mixed choir (SAB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Cello [Basso continuo]
Item no.: 372586
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 116210
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1019917
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309601
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 309592
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1620872
for: Choir
Item no.: 884095
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1620052
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 864379
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 879308
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1543990
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625514
for: Women's choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340907
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764113
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 1617133
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203048
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202758
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904767
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 768955
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280960
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204751
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204389
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 310492
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 310484
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 cornetts [oboes/ violins], basso continuo
Violin 2 [Oboe/ Cornett 2] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 455700
for: Mixed choir, strings
Score
Item no.: 379418
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Piano score
Item no.: 381087
Cantata for the Feast of Annunciation Day
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 385523
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 283411
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 873132
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1169566
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167559
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1192860
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