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 S.A., Piano, From Celebrations for Chorus and Wind Ensemble
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625599
Konzertwerk
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 907859
Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello (String Quartet)
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1150218
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341675
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959645
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097531
GIA Hymnals
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1151716
for mixed voices
for: Mixed choir (SMezATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850256
In F
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 938541
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 923837
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 915524
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110818
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097075
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 915485
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 925807
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111000
Brass quartet - 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Timpani, 16 Handbells
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1160455
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325612
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1596232
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu Dir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1661159
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041360
The Best of Joe Wise
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1154150
for: Children's choir (2 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850260
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330605
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1027027
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097313
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324425
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 979126
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111207
for: Choir
Item no.: 1627624
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Clarinet 2
Item no.: 1317017
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328183
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960532
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 952666
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1151010
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 857252
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 924071
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 915176
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1086014
GIA Christmas
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1150418
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 891198
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1112235
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 858275
Oper/Operette
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 909635
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097743
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115459
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1620762
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 855762
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