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
Book
Item no.: 317788
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814130
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812138
for: Mixed choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 559564
for: Women's choir (SS), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 655290
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 884123
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 906476
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551261
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1551252
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1551251
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1551250
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 905880
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964681
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Piano reduction
Item no.: 324006
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 322828
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 885751
Hob. XXI:3
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 697311
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 882864
From Walt Disney's THE ARISTOCATS
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 167489
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 278594
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 490952
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 431342
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 896541
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 772236
Arrangement for soloists, choir and organ
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1549500
Psalm 46 for Double-Chorus and Basso continuo
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 115673
for: Mixed choir, wind ensembles
Piano reduction
Item no.: 645825
For children's chorus (even voices) or soprano, narrator and soloists
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Piano reduction
Item no.: 818400
Choral score
for: Children's choir, narrator, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 818212
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 658382
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 687587
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 339897
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 312975
from "My Fair Lady" for male choir (TTBB) and piano
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 1681077
for: Male choir
Choir part Tenor 2
Item no.: 1651730
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 296856
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 317305
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1712083
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 673116
"Christ lag in Todes Banden"
Cantata for Easter Sunday
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for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1703391
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 606230
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 922491
Festival Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1712084
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 644137
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 677101
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1628543
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1628494
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1628162
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