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: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 386754
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 386632
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 217659
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 192069
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 357795
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 105924
Kircehnmusik der Wiener Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Choir score (for the parish)
Item no.: 1209659
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 387587
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 387021
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 187156
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 146928
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 387183
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 387851
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 386476
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 386042
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 170326
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 208950
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 145575
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 162755
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 182700
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 131051
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 279899
für gemischten Chor und Orgel - Bläser ad libitum
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 387330
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 387008
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 386946
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 386734
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 386664
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 173414
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 459652
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 385999
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 387184
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 387022
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 386849
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Item no.: 476430
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 232330
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 474312
for: Choir
Stimmen-Set
Item no.: 170606
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 127944
Passio secundum Marcum
First version, first performed in Weimar around 1713 by J. S. Bach
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Lyric book
Item no.: 230434
for: Male choir
Item no.: 551574
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 230668
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Lyric book
Item no.: 230421
Offertorium B-Dur (Psalm 66) für Chor (SAB), 2 Violinen und Bc
for: Mixed choir (SABar), 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1677034
Leuckart Chorblatt 675
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 217773
(Text aus "Winnetou III")
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3050
Gospel
for mixed choir (SATB) and piano / organ ad lib.
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano [organ] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1909
aus: "Drei Geistliche Chöre für Frauenstimmen" op. 37 (Nr. 1)
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 4716
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