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 (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1005030
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 908660
with piano accompaniment (Fragments from oratorios)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 198591
for: Mixed choir (SSSAAATTTBBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822595
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 577881
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 905309
for: Children's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 663230
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 663226
for: Women's choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 649796
Cantata for the inauguration of a new town council
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ solo
Score
Item no.: 232879
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 670340
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 606241
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1667522
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1355636
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1354914
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; percussion ad lib.
Parts (2)
Item no.: 1343137
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1192888
for: Soloist (high), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1020866
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1017525
for: School class
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 862315
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 780827
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [orchestra]
Organ score
Item no.: 687684
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 686931
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 460565
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 431620
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 430475
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 362891
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 298784
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [brass winds]
Score
Item no.: 586904
for: Male choir (TTBarBB), percussion
Score
Item no.: 483738
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 679475
for: Women's choir (SA), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 679448
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678345
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 643471
for: Women's choir (SSSSAAAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 628320
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Score
Item no.: 628313
A Madrigal from "A Garland for The Queen"
for: Mixed choir (SMezATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 726665
"Lord of Sea and Earth and Air"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 750517
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1565921
Gospelsong (Lob und Dank)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 744585
"Wiege dich, meine Seele, in Abrahams Schoß"; Spiritual; Text nach Luk. 16, 19-25 (Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 744584
for male choir
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 743585
for: Choir
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642706
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642697
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678444
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 481275
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777440
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 762048
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