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 a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764071
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764066
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764047
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764045
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764044
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764040
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 841593
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762507
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 746394
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689750
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689748
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689672
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689423
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764363
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764361
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 844211
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 844083
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 841074
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 763109
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 763076
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 763069
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 763032
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 763026
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762981
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762929
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762923
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762840
Wir winden dir den Jungfernkranz – aus der Oper "Der Freischütz"
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 292168
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 479422
Keltische Messe nach geistlichen Texten aus Irland und Schotland für Chor und Folk-Band
for: Mixed choir (SATB), Folk Band (violin, flute, harp, wheel fiddle, guitar, cello, drum)
Single part hurdy-gurdy
Item no.: 606248
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 623011
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 455847
für gemischte Chöre, Tasteninstrument und Instrumente ad lib.
läser in C
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; instruments ad lib.
Single part Trumpet (C)
Item no.: 432467
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 475224
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933247
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933140
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933058
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 932874
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 932844
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 932842
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 932671
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
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