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
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800449
Voices Together
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799075
Pavane Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168847
Dover Vocal Scores
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 430100
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 207360
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 861576
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 899362
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 894133
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 236827
German folksongs in new and old arrangements for three-part choir (Soprano, Alto, Baritone)
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1316980
Yiddish Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1610618
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1326866
Dt./Engl.
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 285592
Version for Choir and Piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 687401
für allgemein bildende Schulen
for: Youth choir (1–3 voices); guitar [keyboard]
Choir book
Item no.: 622528
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 322100
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 322083
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 322060
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 322005
for SATB unaccompanied
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321976
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 321960
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321948
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321921
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 321879
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321875
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321862
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321842
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 321818
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 321808
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321807
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321790
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 321783
Dramma giocoso in zwei Akten KV 588
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 273566
Oper in drei Bildern
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 429262
Movements 1-7
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score with piano accompaniment
Item no.: 763521
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 493644
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 578309
Let's All Sing
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 550056
Novello Handel Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 365347
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 362822
Paperback
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 642670
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 559478
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777539
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 343997
Afferentur regi
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 3 trombones [organ]
Score
Item no.: 1135496
aus: Vier Motetten
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 361998
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 322114
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Book
Item no.: 289090
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