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 ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904880
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1038879
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 897552
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 887986
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 281241
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1155828
for: Mixed choir, piano
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 615811
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918548
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918165
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 914067
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 916934
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 321952
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 179907
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 871665
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 558731
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101289
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1095419
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSAA); piano [organ] ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 343617
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125408
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
4 choir scores
Item no.: 780468
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1155058
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1155783
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1159214
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 489460
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 487851
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 911245
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 217707
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 675706
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 136363
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 463229
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score, online media
Item no.: 1652239
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808040
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 866492
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
DVD (video)
Item no.: 1717528
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 904750
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898685
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903384
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900974
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 900565
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317419
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 317293
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317290
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 679510
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Klavierauszug vokal, Urtextausgabe, Digitalartikel (AODP)
Item no.: 1640415
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807119
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 392174