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.
Music from "Rondo alla Turca"
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745905
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 745996
Helbling Choral Concert Series (HCCS)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 577681
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746060
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 691686
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 691688
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 421865
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 446912
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra [organ]
Score
Item no.: 311759
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 862649
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 864805
Nine Carols for Mixed Chorus (SAM) and Organ (Piano)
for: Mixed choir (SAM), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 677065
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343054
On December Five and Twenty
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 680032
Medley
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 681544
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 982923
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760289
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747948
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747949
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747951
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 909387
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 602884
Cantata for the 2nd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232951
Choral Collection
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1169036
(USA)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 743677
aus 12 Stücke (für SSTB Chor und Orgel)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 422884
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 688951
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 865450
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano score, choir score
Item no.: 380517
Carol for mixed voices
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3239
für gem Chor und Orgel
O kommt und seht das Wunder an|No costly Robes
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 630431
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 491590
"Wie soll ich dich empfangen" – Advent cantata
Stuttgarter Buxtehude-Ausgaben
– Graduated prices on request –
for: 3 voices (SSB) [mixed choir], 2 violins, bassoon, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 234350
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806121
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169619
Kantate zum Weihnachtsfest
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 230732
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 120515
Faber Young Voices
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 183101
Christmas Pop Classics for mixed chorus and piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 181258
(Christmas Suite)
Choral Programme Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 292966
Craig Hella Johnson Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 896248
Sacred Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805440
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1167590
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965530
There Twixt The Ox
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901729
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797492
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 765963
Cantata for the feast of Epiphany
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score with piano accompaniment
Item no.: 233093
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