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 (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325453
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985510
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159137
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1156790
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1151017
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1155948
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 885152
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 648257
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 366810
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Choir part Soprano 1
Item no.: 308465
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1543988
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1157740
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 891887
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 874911
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1212494
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 263679
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 395438
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 559803
for: Mixed choir (SATB); flexible ensemble ad lib.
Part 4 in B-flat, treble clef (bass clarinet / tenor saxophone / euphonium / trombone)
Item no.: 672230
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621330
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 883957
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115601
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115537
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115536
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 115349
for: Mixed choir (3–4 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 430407
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 362092
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 166653
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 381184
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309660
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 308255
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 308176
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307723
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, bassoon, violone (orchestral part)
Item no.: 362095
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1628324
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1628133
for: Choir, orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 865126
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 866616
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1620767
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097186
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097183
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097095
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1096937
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959701
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959606
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Score, Parts, CD
Item no.: 959273
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