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, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1267604
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1267597
for: Choral
Item no.: 1562354
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Piano reduction
Item no.: 633013
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ [piano]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 470570
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 558730
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 648478
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 767649
for: Choral
Item no.: 1377702
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376516
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376391
for: Choral
Item no.: 1375953
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374401
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374400
for: Choral
Item no.: 1373869
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 1013050
for: Soloists, children's choir (one voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 654839
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 279270
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1690699
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1676994
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 856035
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125850
Together We Sing Series
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125343
Wiegenlied zur Weihnacht
weltliche Chormusik der Romantik
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 663390
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167309
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 855199
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014074
3-6 oct (level 2+)
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919027
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124958
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125855
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 550784
für gem Chor und Streicher (Orgel)
for: Mixed choir, strings
Choir score
Item no.: 610762
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1161435
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 856008
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 857075
No. 10 of Oratorio de Noel op. 12
Masterworks of Choral Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 772288
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124160
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1653306
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 302681
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
[französich, deutsch]
Item no.: 577697
für Soli, gemischten Chor und Orchester
Spielpartitur Blockflöten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Ensemble score
Item no.: 671139
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
Study Score 420
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 559837
for: Mixed choir, organ [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 610333
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125181
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 918713
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1014996
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Item no.: 203632
for: Children's choir
Item no.: 552127