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: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ score
Item no.: 276798
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; 2 violins, double bass ad lib.
Organ score
Item no.: 308066
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 307656
Weihnachtsmesse
for: Women's choir (SAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1563605
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Item no.: 474495
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 942277
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 939022
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1038879
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 847315
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 914067
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1155783
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 672331
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 672065
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 310856
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 334533
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 179897
Musikalische Gespräche über die Evangelia
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 cornetts [oboes/ violins], basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 166281
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 578334
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 471604
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Score
Item no.: 315038
for: Women's choir [children's choir], piano
Vocal score, Choir score
Item no.: 315515
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341529
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSAA); piano [organ] ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 343617
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903384
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 279967
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 458508
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 816053
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815861
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815383
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805248
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804861
Traditional catalonian carol
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 774468
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798337
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798762
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799693
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799488
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799436
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 166577
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir book
Item no.: 470138
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812864
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812591
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805995
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805877
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805876
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811381
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811074
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807321
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807168