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.
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 905223
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 904840
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904492
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 904234
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902095
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 898488
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 898087
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 869239
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 909824
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 907423
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904257
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904008
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902071
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898203
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 897796
Klassik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 896882
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 892243
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 892077
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 891788
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 909710
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 909485
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 907757
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906044
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904539
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 904050
My Help Comes From the Lord
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 902256
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 909246
No. 5. O ignis Spiritus Paracliti
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908303
Song of Simeon
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907474
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906407
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904524
1. An Hosanna Fanfare 2. Faithful Cross
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 901747
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 901579
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 900794
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 900338
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 899560
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 907941
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 905563
The Lord's Prayer
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1040640
Ah God, from Heaven Look Down, BWV 2
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1037770
God our Father
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909236
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906744
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 904502
Our Father
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1041820
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 908693
On the Mount of Olives
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 908466
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 901640
Jesus Once for our Salvation
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 900543
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