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.: 1111772
An Epiphany Carol
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324523
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1320480
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1091810
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087193
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 964409
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959285
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1096094
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097264
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328160
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1086229
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907238
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913024
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077309
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1173674
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909342
Cibavit Eos
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1153478
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117364
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909801
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1320515
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 979191
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1152155
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910559
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111612
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1341409
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 905294
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1142759
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1109891
GIA Evoking Sound
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1156925
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330429
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110305
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110069
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101114
A Sacred Journey from Brokenness to Healing
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1149604
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111832
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953570
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1121688
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 916700
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 1111618
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score, Parts, CD
Item no.: 959277
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117394
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913177
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960021
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101089
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111574
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124120
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100736
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1319625
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