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: Soloist (tenor), male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1134927
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 898125
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 891387
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 887378
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 871823
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 865446
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169675
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169669
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169664
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169661
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169646
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169637
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169606
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169602
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169580
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169543
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1169530
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169522
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169504
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1169499
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1169498
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1169477
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168910
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 883792
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985422
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985416
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985398
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985351
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985216
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985117
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984983
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984908
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984884
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 984746
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984730
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 984727
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 984709
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984669
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1541659
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1541657
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 872230
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 872193
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 885291
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985253
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985209
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985115
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985079
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985039
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