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 (SS) [2 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 409507
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 475180
for: Women's choir (SA), strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 565844
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 477456
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591043
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591032
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591006
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590895
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590813
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590766
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590669
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590667
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588207
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588910
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276404
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276403
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598149
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272636
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 209845
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 377036
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 376479
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 362850
for: Voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 353783
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 579208
Christmas Songs for female voices
for: Solo voice (soprano), women's choir (SMezA)
Score
Item no.: 850967
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807774
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 556212
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 690859
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317282
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 323684
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918687
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917955
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038479
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077045
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 617696
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 911594
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 648467
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 661347
for: Children's choir [women's choir], orchestra
Score
Item no.: 170588
for: Mixed choir (SSATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 564267
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 422024
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 175174
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 935162
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Item no.: 565921
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 903317
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1015133
for: Mixed choir (SAB/SATB); instruments ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 204796
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