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 (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1566842
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1566826
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1562030
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 151261
from: Psalms of David SWV 32, 1619
Scripture: Ps 136
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), double bass, organ; chapell choir 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231730
When Israel came from Egypt's land
MWV A 17
for: Women's choir (SSAA) [male choir (ttbb)], orchestra
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Item no.: 235335
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
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Item no.: 234586
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
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Item no.: 234061
D major
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 226342
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 133677
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1639446
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1552765
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1552750
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1013302
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965543
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106577
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 300644
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 839415
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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Item no.: 202353
from "The Wizard of Oz"
Concert Festival
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 635239
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, percussion, harp, organ
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Item no.: 635151
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB), orchestra
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Item no.: 644833
Carus Contemporary
graduated prices on request
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 641597
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
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Item no.: 665326
for: Mixed choir (SATB), parish, orchestra, organ
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Item no.: 696974
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
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Item no.: 745881
for: Women's choir (SS/SA) [mixed choir (SSB/SAB)], 2 violins, basso continuo; viola ad lib.
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Item no.: 646425
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
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Item no.: 576572
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
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Item no.: 564212
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
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Item no.: 421945
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 658575
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 685337
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 584604
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 586944
for three-part Choir and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 679768
for Women's Choir (SSAA) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
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Item no.: 679690
for Mixed Choir (SATB) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 679671
for Men's Choir (TBB) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
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Item no.: 679649
for Women's Choir (SSA) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
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Item no.: 679646
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; brass winds, timpani ad lib.
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Item no.: 370479
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
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Item no.: 367802
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 338451
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 492775
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 470130
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 469992
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.: 566007