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: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 764106
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 684986
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Score
Item no.: 309578
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 225404
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 307516
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Item no.: 1617052
for: Women's choir (SS) [2 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 367548
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125747
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124444
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 474763
for: Women's choir (SMezA/SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204702
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204576
for: Mixed choir, brass winds, organ
Performance score for winds
Item no.: 584186
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 351109
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815750
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812358
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
CD
Item no.: 808966
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 372080
for: Children's choir, narrator, instruments
Score
Item no.: 487515
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 884447
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 279100
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280447
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807098
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 864875
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1316116
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599309
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599303
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591037
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591034
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591021
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590980
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590966
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590962
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590954
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590820
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590767
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590759
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590714
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590671
for: Choir, String orchestra; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596830
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596828
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596820
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595165
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598152
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276416
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276414
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276405
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