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), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 647568
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 645068
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121536
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121529
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1153025
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1151658
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959424
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097168
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097102
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097071
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097011
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959934
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959882
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959807
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115668
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 914944
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 938112
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097660
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097391
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092150
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123500
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168577
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 984905
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984849
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202726
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280972
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 205014
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 204641
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307719
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308561
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 649632
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308964
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 628209
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 309588
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Choir part Soprano 2
Item no.: 673762
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 290605
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675705
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443949
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1557897
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 935392
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1620711
for: Choir
Item no.: 880664
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 870343
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 874818
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 880836
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1626138
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625632
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1021456