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
Choir book
Item no.: 673505
for: Mixed choir (SAABar) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 494149
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 745304
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1005030
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 908660
Five simple and singable Gospel Favourites for two-part young choirs and piano
for: Children's choir (2 voices), piano
Piano score, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 468235
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814119
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 654820
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 206785
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850890
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 621888
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: Mixed choir (SATB) [4 voices (SATB)]
Choir score
Item no.: 466337
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260621
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Buch
Item no.: 910273
for mixed chorus (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677375
für Männerchor a cappella
mit Klavierstimme zur Probenzwecken
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1667838
Weltlich
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1076680
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556498
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931883
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 766151
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964814
Hinshaw Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1583037
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105563
Inclusion in Band and Orchestra
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1549341
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 766152
Nr. 2 aus: Four Songs at Year's End
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 677192
Nr. 4 aus: Four Songs at Year's End
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 677193
Concordance
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 919012
Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125525
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982739
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1557308
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964769
Performance/Accompaniment CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1117487
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964733
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004520
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103190
Tp252
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105521
Hinshaw Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1583031
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103599
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964793
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100891
Weltlich
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1037206
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101087
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959127