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: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 929354
Konzertwerk
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 907187
Lyric Collection of Choral Music
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964724
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1635242
The David C. Dickau Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1551677
An Oratorio
Musica Britannica 100
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 771431
Prüfungsliteratur
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 1329695
Prüfungsliteratur
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 1329694
A Royal Welcome Song
for soloists (CtCtTTBB), mixed chorus (SATB), strings and Bc
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 672415
from Walt Disney's "The Jungle Book"
("Probier's mal mit Gemütlichkeit")
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 693818
A fantastic collection of English songs transcribed for SATB choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 768126
for SSC and piano
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 674057
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1317835
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1317800
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1013266
Opera in 2 acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 900456
Novello Choral Pops
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1654899
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1653009
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209075
A song recorded by American country music artist Patsy Cline, Everest label 1957
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 641548
Rhinegold Education
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1329734
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106588
Traditional Scottish Folk Song
Discovery Concert Series Level 2
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 696290
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985425
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867227
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867193
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867137
Choral Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 899000
Disney Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 642175
POD
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 866516
Second Edition
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1329742
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1099059
for: Women's choir (SS), piano
Score
Item no.: 905392
Short Service
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 883227
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 897976
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820566
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1167617
Pavane Secular
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168689
Pavane Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168537
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106561
for: 4 voices (SSTB), piano
Score
Item no.: 880774
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900201
for: Soloist (high), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 892588
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 886206
A cappella Motette für gemischten Chor (SSAATTB) aus "The Peacemakers"
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 674950
A cappella motet from "Stabat mater"
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 655971
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 694482
Gospelsong (Passion)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 737844
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