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) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202838
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1169644
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808602
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815701
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811671
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 672752
for: Choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 115989
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 115928
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115883
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 469846
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115209
for: Mixed choir (1 voice) [the parish]; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 243396
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317721
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 900534
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 494467
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804056
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534561
Perfect for light holiday occasions
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 673408
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 627458
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599298
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 587620
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588212
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588208
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167299
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732948
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1289371
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276412
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276402
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592561
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591048
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591045
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591026
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591023
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590899
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590814
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590769
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590708
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 483664
for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Book
Item no.: 496599
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 193239
for: Women's choir (SS) [2 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 119694
Cantata for Christmas Day
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 552478
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 423635
for: Mixed choir [male choir]
Score
Item no.: 423013
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 365794
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 344986
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 279256
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 140208
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