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: Children's choir (one part), melody instrument, piano
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1655017
Christmas Carol
for male chorus a cappella
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 559443
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 204564
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1265979
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1265978
for: Mixed choir, piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1232641
for: Mixed choir, piano
Sheet music, Download (mp3)
Item no.: 1232640
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1289376
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1289373
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1258064
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1258044
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1258030
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1258018
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1258000
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1264415
Christrosenlied
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 578496
for: Solo voice (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 680770
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 689962
French Sacred Music
First Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 flutes, 2 violins, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 678053
for: Voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 208417
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 380494
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 656085
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 655804
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 643364
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 424436
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 422051
for: Children's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 371468
French Sacred Music
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 232192
for: 1–2 voices [children's choir], piano [guitar/keyboard]; melody instrument, bass ad lib.
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 625613
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 610791
Arragement for soloists, choir and organ
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 609518
for: Mixed choir (SATTB), baroque orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 605256
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition), 2 CDs
Item no.: 383033
for: Children's choir [women's choir] (SSA), flute [alto recorder], 2 violins, organ; cello ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231163
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 230990
for: Mixed choir (SSABar), chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 230490
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 332620
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 136516
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 227893
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 424535
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 697298
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423015
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422000
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 235060
for: Children's choir
Score
Item no.: 556140
for: Mixed choir (SABar), 2 melodic instruments, organ; bass ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231020
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 463842
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422156
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