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
Score
Item no.: 6088
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6079
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5658
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4039
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3537
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3166
for: Women's choir (SS) [2 solo voices]; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 2790
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 603567
for: Children's choir, narrator, instruments
Score
Item no.: 601928
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Score
Item no.: 636241
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 635325
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 632099
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; 2 horns ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 630477
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 311494
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 309573
for: Mixed choir; basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 277018
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 580612
for: Voice (high), mixed choir, strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 333773
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 577045
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 120169
for: Women's choir, several instruments
Score
Item no.: 425688
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 423004
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422206
Cantata
for: Mixed choir, brass winds, organ
Score
Item no.: 349298
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 302329
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 136030
for: 2 voices [women's choir](smez), piano
Score
Item no.: 192722
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 186895
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1690699
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1676994
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1664172
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 856035
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125850
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1157490
Together We Sing Series
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125343
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014069
Wiegenlied zur Weihnacht
weltliche Chormusik der Romantik
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 663390
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 855745
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857234
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167309
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 855199
GIA Christmas
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1154824
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014074
3-6 oct (level 2+)
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919027
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124958
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125855
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 550784
für gem Chor und Streicher (Orgel)
for: Mixed choir, strings
Choir score
Item no.: 610762
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