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.
"The harp that once thro' Tarra's halls"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [harp, string orchestra]
Score
Item no.: 352057
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 338451
for: Children's choir (2 voices), pian; strings ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 361719
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), 2 pianos
Score
Item no.: 352331
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 492775
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 490833
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 470381
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 470130
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 469992
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 469907
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 469898
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 466542
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 578271
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 575581
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 566007
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 564037
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 478149
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 586694
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 685332
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 685328
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 682525
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 682466
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 659286
Toshima Rice Pounding Song (Japanese worksong)
Series: Ring of Fire / Songs of the Pacific Rim
for: Women's choir (4 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 656166
Medley
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 674416
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1533118
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533103
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533061
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533046
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533005
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533004
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532922
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532842
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532839
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 686930
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 674175
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 674174
Traditional Spiritual
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 636707
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 328356
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 223587
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm section [piano]
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8049
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 289959
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 273887
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 241902
Oratorio
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 550956
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285415
for: 2 soloists (T/S), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 6072
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