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.
Five simple and singable festive favourites for two-part young choir
for: Children's choir (2 voices), piano
Piano score, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 1667772
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ
Score
Item no.: 929551
SATB unaccompanied or solo/unison and piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 930142
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551199
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959131
for: Male choir (TTBB), flute [violin], piano
Score
Item no.: 772238
Geistliche Musik
Partitur und Stimmen für die Fassung mit Streichorchester
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 680063
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965551
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760280
from CoolSide of Yuletide
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 897775
Carol of Burgundy
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 861789
for: 2 voices (SS) [women's choir], 2 violins, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 647361
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317204
A collection of six carols
(Pack of 10)
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
10 scores
Item no.: 579255
Come All You Worthy Gentlemen
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1552918
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732579
Fünf Chorsätze zur Weihnachtszeit
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 694181
(Weihnachtszeit, fröhliche Zeit)
Weihnachtslied mit deutschem und englischem Text von Claudia Jung und Cliff Richard
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 660000
Sacred Anthem for two-part mixed, SAB, Piano
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 655339
Winter Wonderland
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 191697
Kantate (Epiphanias)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285459
3. Weihnachtsfesttag
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285458
Acht englische Weihanchtslieder
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 601938
Silent Night - The Infant King - Lullay Lord Jesus
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 486700
for mixed choir and organ
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 475451
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 344270
7 Christmas Carols on English Christmas texts from the 15th & 16th Centuries
for: Mixed choir (SATB), harp [piano]
Score
Item no.: 1549898
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556189
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 744812
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Set of parts
Item no.: 691687
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 797646
Carols for Christmas
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672414
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 469908
Judith Clurman Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); violin ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 777594
SAM-Klang
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1532677
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 745000
19th Century Basque Carol
Sacred Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 745708
Traditional Dutch Choral
Sacred Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 697586
Traditional English Folksong
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 690700
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 489800
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813589
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 344378
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814284
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812447
Discovery Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807485
Kantaten I - VI
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1678633
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 232150
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679021
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