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
Choir score
Item no.: 1566980
for: Women's choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1582361
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1560820
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1558746
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1557041
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi), organ
Score
Item no.: 1552723
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 297950
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 911425
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 872203
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862058
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 322112
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 908904
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985212
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984736
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 676619
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168602
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1645303
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1690288
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1672410
Voices Rising
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1701371
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004755
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004592
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 862781
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862765
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862249
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 879757
for: 2 voices (SS) [women's choir], piano
Score
Item no.: 321637
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 321636
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 897960
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 423090
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 422999
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 617644
for mixed choir (SABar) and Organ
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Score
Item no.: 617354
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896488
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 695848
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 806368
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 303565
for: Choir
Study book
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for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1534511
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820530
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808550
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
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for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318174
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317747
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317744
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