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.
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904392
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903891
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902970
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902717
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902506
Hail Thou, King of Glory
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 902213
From Motet Magnus Es Tu
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 902130
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901103
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900637
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 899589
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902284
Choral Large Works
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 965173
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965121
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965098
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965002
Choral Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106239
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317765
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 317707
Now Arise Ye She Pherds Mild
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317553
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 933505
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930003
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317271
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122555
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122519
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1122444
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122346
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 896930
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317754
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317737
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317726
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317680
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317669
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317615
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317603
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317563
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317554
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317541
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317535
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317521
Spanish Christmas Carols
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317455
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317404
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317392
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317389
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317385
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317382
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317373
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317370
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317366
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