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: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004511
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 346692
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 295995
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 488700
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor, the parish, wind ensemble, rhythm group (piano, guitar, drums)
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 1669758
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor, the parish, wind ensemble, rhythm group (piano, guitar, drums)
Piano score
Item no.: 1653630
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 626756
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 675318
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 135144
Oratorio in three acts HWV 70
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 564544
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 865222
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 808795
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 333286
Imaginations for Choir with Lyrics by Thomas Moore
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSAATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 633192
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 234620
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1149530
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1149507
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 367846
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1714123
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777721
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 676619
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 227033
for: 4 soloists (ATBB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score, set of parts (strings)
Item no.: 929271
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 697242
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318174
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 768059
for: Choir
Study book
Item no.: 613512
Arranged for 2 sopranos and Piano
for: Women's choir (SS), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 675126
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1703580
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 685324
for: Women's choir (SA/SSA) [mixed choir (SAB/SATB)], piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass guitar, percussion) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 431939
for: Women's choir (SA/SSA) [mixed choir (SAB/SATB)], piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass guitar, percussion) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 565228
Five classic pop ballads arranged for SSA choir with piano accompaniment.
The Novello Youth Chorals
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 132419
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB) [male choir (TBB)], concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184110
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 618711
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 879393
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 658659
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1677234
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 695256
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 769234
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1713876
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1618886
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 697482
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 691661
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 691656
for mixed chorus and organ
from Lyra Davidica
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 684322
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 586905
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 474715
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