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: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1341938
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1341741
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1341739
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1341715
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1341713
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341655
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341652
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341619
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341614
for soloists, choir and orchestra
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 293641
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 1018276
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907912
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 297638
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 192607
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra [organ]
Set of parts
Item no.: 1031432
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342885
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1342761
for: Male choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1342745
for: Male choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1342735
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1342731
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1342572
for: Male choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1342539
for: Male choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1342525
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342486
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Book
Item no.: 1006025
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Book
Item no.: 1005878
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Book
Item no.: 1005741
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Book
Item no.: 1005584
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911575
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910851
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1007489
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1007471
for: Choir
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1336752
for: Choir
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1336750
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1336713
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1586594
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1586580
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1586541
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1586438
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1586425
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1586421
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1655410
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1613340
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1587023
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1587006
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1586991