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); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907974
for: Mixed choir, organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 423618
for: Women's choir (SS/SA) [mixed choir (SSB/SAB)], 2 violins, basso continuo; viola ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 422001
for: Mixed choir (SATB), violin
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Item no.: 346506
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 343295
for: Solo voice (soprano/tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
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Item no.: 337813
for: Choir
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Item no.: 309506
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 327786
for: Women's choir (SS), basso continuo
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Item no.: 425262
for: Choir
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Item no.: 424155
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
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Item no.: 423980
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
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Item no.: 423794
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 423758
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 278005
for: Women's choir (SSAA), flute, piano, double bass
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Item no.: 269146
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
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Item no.: 373747
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 291478
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
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Item no.: 230819
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 647242
for: Narrator, mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1552264
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1040984
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano/baritone), keyboard instrument; mixed choir (SATB) ad lib.
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Item no.: 1660599
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1658282
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
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Item no.: 1668999
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1668876
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano [guitar]
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Item no.: 672089
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
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Item no.: 668045
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
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Item no.: 668037
on "From Heaven above"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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Item no.: 578889
for: Children's choir, piano
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Item no.: 617911
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 553534
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
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Item no.: 621646
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
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Item no.: 744905
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
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Item no.: 663499
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
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Item no.: 662949
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 660002
for: Choir (one voice), piano
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Item no.: 659214
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; organ ad lib.
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Item no.: 656089
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1338907
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
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Item no.: 1338531
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
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Item no.: 1338528
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
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Item no.: 1338507
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1337864
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 862331
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
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Item no.: 770271
for: Children's choir [women's choir]
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Item no.: 332587
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
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Item no.: 142155
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