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.
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984983
Transcontinental Music Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326269
Transcontinental Music Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326496
Gentry Publications
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326837
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 965135
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 927167
Friday Evening Service
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 1326313
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903576
SSAATTBB a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 899916
Brookfield Easter Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 965459
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965479
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 904282
Integrity Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330713
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 902526
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 797149
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169675
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167717
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169646
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1327060
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985416
Gentry Publications
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1327042
Transcontinental Music Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326412
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985711
Heart's Delight/My Beloved
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326503
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965446
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985117
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1354136
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167455
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169669
Brookfield Easter Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965544
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1001645
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900203
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985494
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965669
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1354064
Jo-Michael Scheibe Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 984914
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 891527
Prelude
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1653332
2. Ich will dich lieben, meine Krone!
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751856
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1565258
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1040459
Geistliche Chorallied
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726827
Walton Choral
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985115
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002572
Descant Collection
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1002489
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1354101
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965435
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985531