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 (SSAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 763985
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 763966
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763951
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763948
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763928
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 763876
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 763843
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763812
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763811
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 763806
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763800
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763347
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763318
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 763311
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 763279
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763278
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763273
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 763255
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763248
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763246
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 762721
Umweltmusical für Solisten, Chor, Erzähler und Band
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 344239
MWV A 3
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 236253
10 Motetten ; Coro SSATTB bis SATB/SATB
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 229661
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 274460
Text selected from ancient Pompeiian graffiti
HPS 1682
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1681184
from "Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach"
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745899
for: Male choir (TTB), piano; double bass, snare drum ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745873
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 744919
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 697796
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 769849
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 769788
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 769187
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 769017
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 768867
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 768848
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 766265
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 765923
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 765915
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 765747
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 765739
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 765713
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 765710
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 765685
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 764436
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 764409
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 644555
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