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 female chorus (SSA) and piano, score
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 432015
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 470130
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 645523
Discovery Level 2
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1017453
from Zootopia
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 817921
Discovery Level 2
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 817862
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1692233
from Schmigadoon!
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672641
(Song of Liberation)
Eugene Rogers Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, percussion
Choir score
Item no.: 1562581
Voices Rising/Jacob Narverud
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; violin ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1562545
Voices Together
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1562030
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1566935
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1566855
Nr. 5 Ergebung
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 329432
Pavane Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168275
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122626
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 908785
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533005
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533004
Voices In Harmony
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532924
Nr. 12 In stiller Nacht
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043888
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 861894
Richmond Music Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1541624
Richmond Music Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1541620
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 642991
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901030
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 876824
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 876802
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 873047
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 873014
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 887986
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 878593
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 873185
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867099
Hymn-Anthem on the Tune Moseley
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 866706
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 866452
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 864887
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 905462
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 322077
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 322020
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 321815
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 321787
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 321785
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 865195
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 863938
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 863861
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 863359
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1043614
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