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: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1652712
Marias Lob
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038057
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998475
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1059360
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040892
Judge Me, O God
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040298
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1540554
Anthems 2
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 1356576
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342779
for: Male choir
OTHER
Item no.: 1342752
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342644
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342482
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342266
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330413
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1329063
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326228
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 1617126
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1627764
Biblical Cantata for Chorus and Organ (Or Piano)
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625712
für gemischten Chor und Orgel (2 Tompeten, 2 Posaunen und Pauken ad lib.)
Chorpartitur ist für die Orgel- wie für die Bläserfassung verwendbar
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 677236
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 863002
For SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 682492
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Book
Item no.: 158687
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1317733
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 836879
Multi movement mass with organ
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 984539
for: Mixed choir (SAB), 2 clarinets (B-flat), 2 horns (F), organ; 2 violins, double bass ad. lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1161104
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Trombone 1, 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 745808
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 931505
für gemischten Chor, Streicher, Klavier, Gitarre, Bass und Schlagzeug
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, piano, guitar, bass, drums
Percussion (orchestral part)
Item no.: 682584
for: Mixed choir (SATB), harp [piano]
Single part Harp
Item no.: 1015357
Lyric opera in one act
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1013713
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), children's choir [women's choir] (1 voice), piano; flute ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 777680
edited by the National Library of Finland and the Sibelius Society of Finland
Series VII (Works for Choir) Vol. 3: Op. 19 (Two Versions), Op. 28 (Two Versions), Op. 29, Op. 30
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1105793
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1044039
Meisterwerke der Chormusik
in Bearbeitungen für Chor und Klavier zu 4 Händen
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano 4 hands
Piano score
Item no.: 1340534
early sacred choral romanticism from France
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 679214
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1343542
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1079641
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1019567
A Christmas Musical for Key Stages 1-2
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 456038
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 370954
Cantata for Easter
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1340651
Troika From Kije Suite
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 860020
sur des poèmes de Georg Trakl (pour choeur de chambre à 24 voix)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 857482
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908350
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 905164
"Prager" Te Deum
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1668482
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