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: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928570
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 928557
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 928323
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 928287
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 928249
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 928175
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 928160
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 928126
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 928032
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 928013
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 927943
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 927912
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 927855
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 924266
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924091
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 912173
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912147
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 912126
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930700
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 930605
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930561
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 930523
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930487
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930483
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930421
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930419
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930382
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930344
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930244
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930183
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930139
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930096
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930018
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930009
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929990
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929971
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929946
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929794
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 929728
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905611
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905606
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 905250
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
CD
Item no.: 905221
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 905151