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.: 941499
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934852
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934496
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934454
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934429
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934412
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 933588
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931935
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930925
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 937014
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 937011
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936955
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936945
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936938
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936776
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936691
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936582
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 936459
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936438
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936369
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 936033
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 935271
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 933399
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 928566
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928476
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928319
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 928242
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 928115
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928102
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 928094
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 927896
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 912338
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930710
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930232
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930226
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930029
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929896
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 929855
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911981
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911225
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910862
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910455
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 909863
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 909713
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909692
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929662
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 929256