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 (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1355890
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1355521
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1355770
New Horizons
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB)
Score
Item no.: 1343123
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; percussion ad lib.
Parts (2)
Item no.: 1343137
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; double bass, percussion ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1343138
for: Soloists, mixed choir, chamber orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1355234
Musik aus Schweizer Klöstern, Band 3
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1354915
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 1215699
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1354914
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 6805
BB 111a
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (2 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1162452
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 6804
BB 111a
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1162444
BB 111a
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1162443
German folksongs in new and old arrangements for three-part choir (Soprano, Alto, Baritone)
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1316980
BB 111a
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1162445
auf einen Text von Mercin Salowski nach Martin Luther
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1351673
Zur Trauung: grüne Hochzeit
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1351668
Historia der freuden- und gnadenreichen Geburt Gottes und Marien Sohnes Jesu Christi
Weihnachtshistorie
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1355823
Männerchor auf Worte von Petr Bezruc
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1534617
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1534614
Männerchor auf Worte von Petr Bezruc
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1534618
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1534619
aus: Sonne, Mond und Sterne
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1355817
Opéra in fünf Akten
Fassung von Februar 1756
Jean-Philippe Rameau. Opera Omnia (OOR) IV/26
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 1534620
Biblisches Singspiel zu Matthäus 20, 1–16
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 1351431
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1351416
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1351411
Kanon
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1355845
Opera in a prologue and three acts
Purcell Society Edition 3
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1056857
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1355827
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1351345
(Part 1) aus: Sonne, Mond und Sterne
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1355863
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1351347
Treibender Gospel-Rock
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1351346
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1355859
aus: Sonne, Mond und Sterne
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1355862
BB 111a
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (2–3 parts)
Choir score
Item no.: 1162450
Nr. 3 - Izhorian Epic
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1148791
Nr. 4 Ingrian Evenings
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 376795
Nr. 5 - Vepsian Paths
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1148529
Nr. 6 - Karelian Destiny
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1148836
Nr. 2 - Votic Wedding Songs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1148787
Fiaba in musica per narratore, coro di voci bianche e pianoforte
for: Children's choir, narrator, chamber orchestra [piano]
Score
Item no.: 1350832
Opéra in five acts RCT 62 B
Version from 1756
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1350835
Fiaba in musica per narratore, coro di voci bianche e pianoforte
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 1350831
auf Texte von Mar Muerto in Nachdichtung von Victoria Kamhi
for: 3 soloists (SSS), male choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1349769
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