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: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 861160
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 860560
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 859364
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 858671
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 858566
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678374
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168289
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
CD
Item no.: 854480
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 578085
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 934803
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 934788
Children's Choir Part
for: Children's choir (1 voice), mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 860959
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 860793
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 859647
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Buch
Item no.: 606808
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 553982
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1532685
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1532673
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534595
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534589
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534562
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1534542
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534433
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano; percussion ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1690426
for: Women's choir; piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 170521
for: Mixed choir (SSAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 584868
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass winds
Score
Item no.: 584853
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811777
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 811768
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 811754
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811655
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811640
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813513
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813437
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813318
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813277
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813276
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813232
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 813097
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813050
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813048
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810450
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 810449
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810430
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810395
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810389
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810383