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.
Pavane Secular
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168329
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330937
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1326861
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985256
My Resting Place
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1326437
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985635
Transcontinental Music Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326469
LKM Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 877453
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 915477
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964698
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1550949
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 444001
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443984
for: Children's choir, instruments
Item no.: 127903
Based on Joshua 1:6-7
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124375
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 314906
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 318957
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 323240
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 149924
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 171901
Elisabethan Serenade
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 244649
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 243729
for: Mixed choir (12 parts) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 243482
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 361383
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 805171
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 812560
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807560
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 798368
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813096
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811648
Give Me Your Hand, Menina
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809919
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809879
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803091
from Mary Poppins
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672419
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 487906
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 636191
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896579
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1026988
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 908431
My Beloved Calls
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 906109
Harmonia-Gospel Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904651
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 903679
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 894742
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904814
1st Tone 5th Ending
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 904652
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904004
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 902843
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982898
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