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 (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551199
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 191697
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965551
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1059079
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SAATB), organ [piano]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 863461
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317204
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 745000
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959131
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1532677
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1552918
for: Male choir (TTBB), flute [violin], piano
Score
Item no.: 772238
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 744812
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra; children's choir ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 432133
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813589
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3233
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 861789
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807485
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 469908
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 344378
for: Children's choir (2 parts), piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
CD
Item no.: 811159
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 799497
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
10 scores
Item no.: 579255
for: Mixed choir, keyboard instrument
Score
Item no.: 608122
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 344270
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 691771
for: Mixed choir, keyboard instrument
Choir score
Item no.: 745806
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 486700
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 475451
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285459
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285458
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 897775
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1343131
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 632770
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679021
Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 3 recorders, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 498973
Cantata for the 4th Sunday in Advent.
Reconstruction Uwe Wolf
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 206085
Cantata for the feast of Epiphany
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233096
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 233076
Cantata for the 2nd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232954
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 232500
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745990
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 460023
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 823378
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1677547
Geistliches Volkslied aus dem 16. Jahrhundert
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1667191
Swedish Carols Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1651909
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169395
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126302