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 (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 493496
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319265
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 169905
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 938514
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 214429
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1317810
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1192587
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 901497
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 900942
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931236
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 628042
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 475894
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 361209
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 173526
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 142458
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 273807
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Organ reduction
Item no.: 662609
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 768128
for: Mixed choir, percussion
Piano reduction
Item no.: 778518
for: Voice [choir (one voice)], piano
Music score
Item no.: 768130
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 981306
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 336302
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 471031
for: Mixed choir (SATBarBarB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 773046
for: 2 soloists (SS), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 string orchestras, 2 organs
Score
Item no.: 226651
Disney Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 344136
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 779195
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551684
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 956379
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 766094
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 766093
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1341842
for: Women's choir (SSA); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 189350
The magnificent signature song from Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita.
Set here for SATB choir with Piano accompaniment.
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 470167
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 473070
Sing Hosana!
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 774934
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1634339
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1037231
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1037217
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 895734
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 895723
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1076688
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004618
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004548
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004512
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1635232
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908505
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905506
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