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.
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 858866
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1159605
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097685
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960385
Guitar
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1156301
Guitar
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1159999
Flute
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159919
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097209
Flute
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159137
Geistliche Musik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1091779
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 938258
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1158886
Psalm 110
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [string orchestra]
Piano score
Item no.: 938360
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1109862
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1151768
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110654
Flute, Oboe, String Quintet - 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Bass
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1151828
Good Night
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1038500
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912843
Brass quartet - 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1153576
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959427
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923908
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117212
SATB w/opt. Flute
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919440
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1093860
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931212
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1096906
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1160200
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1147989
Brass quartet - 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Timpani
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1151059
GIA Mass
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1160275
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324651
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923593
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906878
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924021
for: Male choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341585
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1109881
Keyboard Edition (Looseleaf Red only)
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 918591
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 1594998
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1156597
3-4 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919131
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959581
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110354
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110627
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097047
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1147518
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1096965
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117227
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