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
Choir score
Item no.: 1001754
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003285
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 294707
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 664021
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 485519
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 485517
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), organ
Item no.: 376917
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 363802
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 304076
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 136971
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003223
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003122
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003022
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002768
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002430
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002326
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001984
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001773
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 965174
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965103
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965101
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 964988
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 964987
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 964941
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 928273
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 925035
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 923866
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Item no.: 348760
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 341105
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 131578
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 913346
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1162505
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014203
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 1711595
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1688408
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 482234
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1154369
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1153944
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1153893
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1153639
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1153608
for: Choir
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 1155812
for: Choir
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1155692
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1155519
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1153244
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1153002
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1152404