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), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599308
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599300
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599299
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595760
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595190
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595169
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592556
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 669537
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316338
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1612000
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 179039
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 146260
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1264393
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1264390
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1264386
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1265989
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1265983
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1258050
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1258026
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1258010
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1257986
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1257984
Christmas Cantata with 14 choral songs from Latin America
for: Children's choir (2 voices), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 1552233
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1219663
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1219651
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SSATB), 2 trumpets, bassoon, string orchestra [wind ensembles], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 234355
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 233440
for: 4 voices (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 772327
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 770272
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685598
Offertory for Christmas
First edition
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 688077
French Sacred Music
for: Mixed choir (4–6 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678051
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for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 656487
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 644963
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 444966
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 444843
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 371393
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 233897
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 233078
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 232442
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 490430
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 245392
for: Children's choir, piano
Score, Audio-CD
Item no.: 472392
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 470976
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 trumpets, strings, timpani, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 350878
for: Mixed choir (SAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 351192
for: 5 solo voices (SATBarB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 229930
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 425284
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