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: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB), guitar
Score
Item no.: 462677
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 560606
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SSAT, ATBarB), instruments colla parte, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 424267
for: Children's choir, melody instrument, piano
Score
Item no.: 424103
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167786
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167764
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1167736
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167731
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167556
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1167550
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167522
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167511
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167688
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167413
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 965625
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965583
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965533
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 965521
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965500
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965398
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965355
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167396
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167387
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 765973
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 325248
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169547
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1653539
for: Accordion orchestra; mixed choir (SATB) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1678240
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1677831
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1039621
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 848580
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 947295
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 656091
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 649593
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315867
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1002470
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1633847
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 671604
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810213
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [combo]
Set of parts
Item no.: 810011
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807188
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809021
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 808984
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806868
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807672
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 805957