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.: 1673140
Traditional Latin
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1690240
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1672402
(To the Stars.....) Extended Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass quintet, piano, timpani, percussion
Choir score
Item no.: 1684794
for: Women's choir (SSA); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1689478
aus: Sonne, Mond und Sterne
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1690377
Cameron LaBarr
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1690191
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1672995
Revelation 6:2-8
Andrew Crane Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano 4 hands
Choir score
Item no.: 1690131
Traditional Norwegian
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1684386
Andrew Crane Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano; cello ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1690184
Traditional Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1672999
für dreistimmigen Chor (SAM) neu gesetzt
for: Mixed choir (SAM), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1660320
"Dich preist, Allmächtiger"
LoWV 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1690404
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSSAAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1684526
Award winning at "females featured" competition
for: Children's choir (3 voices); instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1689377
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672143
"Dich preist, Allmächtiger"
LoWV 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1690406
"Dich preist, Allmächtiger"
LoWV 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1690405
"Dich preist, Allmächtiger"
LoWV 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1690407
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), Viola, harmonium [organ]
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1660333
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA); tambourine ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1672122
adapted from "Stabat Mater"
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1558575
(All bells in paradise)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [chamber orchestra]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1566882
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 938514
für 4 stimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella, op. 79 Nr. 3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660317
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1667599
op. post. 133
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1678605
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1672132
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1672479
Award winning at "females featured" competition
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 1690365
for: Women's choir (SSAA/ SSA/ SA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1697181
Award winning at "females featured" competition
for: 3 soloists (SABar), mixed choir (SSAATTBB)
Score
Item no.: 1672296
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1689986
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1697165
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1684550
Das Musical zur Geschichte der Maria Magdalena
for: Children's choir [Youth choir] (1–3 voices), piano, bass; guitar, drums ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1687917
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1672401
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1672986
for: Mixed choir (SAM), organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1351556
Für Chor gemacht!
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690096
Für Chor gemacht!
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690105
Für Chor gemacht!
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690102
Für Chor gemacht!
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690104
nach dem Prélude op. 103/9
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690133
aus den "Kinderszenen" op. 15/7
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690135
1863/1864
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690134
Cantata for Easter
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1692303
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