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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959981
Polka
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 662616
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097718
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911842
Mixed Choir A Capella
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1348290
Per Coro e Orchestra
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 832794
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1157838
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1154488
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 952203
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324684
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1152312
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960257
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 1007369
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101108
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325810
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824735
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326238
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097625
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1150277
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 915822
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959579
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953507
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110560
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916672
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110859
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326061
Descant Collection
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1003514
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330478
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111650
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 952368
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324592
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1142612
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1096977
The Disturbing Duckling
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 837396
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117294
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 914226
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1317162
Done Made My Vow
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 883774
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002231
Choral Large Works
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 899456
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097386
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097467
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 916831
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916163
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123335
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342145
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1354329
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