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) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621332
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1621319
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621308
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621305
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621301
for: Choir
Item no.: 1621237
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621210
Kyrie Eleison
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621208
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621192
From "Elijah"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 1621137
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1621129
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621101
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1621091
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 1621063
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621058
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621046
for: Choir
Item no.: 1621016
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1620922
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1541093
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1540878
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Study score
Item no.: 1540272
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953747
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953734
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953724
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953651
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953587
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953536
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953519
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953507
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953496
for: Mixed choir (6 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043969
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043963
for: Mixed choir (6 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043956
aus Spanien
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 120171
aus Frankreich
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 120123
für gem Chor a cappella
Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1616504
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 144069
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 142154
for: Mixed choir, piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1105625
aus Komm, lieber Mai
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 645608
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1108969
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 607981
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 625727
for: Women's choir, piano
Item no.: 343610
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 194816
Liturgische Gesänge 10. Einstimmiger Chor (auch im Wechsel mit Solostimmen) und Orgel (lateinisch / deutsch)
Lasset uns frohlocken alle im Herrn
for: Choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 117154
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 606238
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSATTB), basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 291339
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