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 a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 241754
for: Male choir, orchestra
Item no.: 122223
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476522
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 644971
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Item no.: 465212
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 210318
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 210648
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 209114
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 165817
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 146930
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 131068
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 386945
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 386886
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 386569
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 386041
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 386000
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 160012
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 125409
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 386997
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 386755
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 386631
für gemischten Chor und Orgel - Bläser ad libitum
for: Choir
ChorSolo part(s)
Item no.: 387329
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 284195
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 160613
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 386090
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 387359
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 386571
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 180561
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 217658
for: Children's choir
Item no.: 386996
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 139789
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Item no.: 191220
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 386477
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 386091
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 386665
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1530460
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 183264
for: Male choir
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 187761
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 205152
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 191285
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 386653
für 4-stimmigen Männerchor
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 386468
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 141920
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 173415