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.
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003486
Pavane Secular
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168506
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002159
Brookfield Easter Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965659
Ithaca College Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1330958
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 928040
Swiss Composers Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1031045
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001396
Gentry Publications
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326807
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985331
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985013
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985483
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167528
Pavane Secular
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168344
Walton Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985096
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167568
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001754
Pavane Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168403
Walton Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985005
Walton Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985376
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985491
Daybreak Easter Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167484
H.T. Fitzsimons Co
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1353474
Integrity Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330735
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 984860
Swiss Composers Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1031315
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985361
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326803
Pavane Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168732
Pavane Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168682
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965442
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1354165
for: Male choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1341833
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1354167
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 924760
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1354118
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902557
Pavane Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168627
Fred Bock Publications
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326901
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1327030
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167405
Gentry Publications
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002326
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 927391
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003519
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900616
Brookfield Easter Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965463
A Capella
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326918
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1354130
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