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: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808031
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 803794
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803682
for: School class
Score, Parts
Item no.: 802999
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800142
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801072
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810964
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 816304
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672641
from The Little Mermaid (2023)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672511
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1019620
for: School class
Set of parts
Item no.: 812006
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 809756
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809475
for: School class
Score, Parts
Item no.: 808563
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810323
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810254
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 810133
for: School class
Score, Parts
Item no.: 813955
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534586
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1633252
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1566935
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1566842
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1562030
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 133677
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1639446
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1552765
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1552750
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1013302
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965543
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106577
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 839415
from "The Wizard of Oz"
Concert Festival
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 635239
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, percussion, harp, organ
Score
Item no.: 635151
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 644833
for: Mixed choir (SATB), parish, orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 696974
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Score
Item no.: 745881
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
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for three-part Choir and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 679768
for Women's Choir (SSAA) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 679690
for Mixed Choir (SATB) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 679671
for Men's Choir (TBB) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 679649
for Women's Choir (SSA) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 679646
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