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 Sacred
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168967
Pavane Secular
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1168728
Pavane Secular
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168690
Pavane Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168513
Pavane Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168489
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813935
Medley
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807326
La Fuite De La Luna
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 806371
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804127
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803663
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803113
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802344
Gentry Publications
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1326891
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167689
with When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167548
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167502
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167477
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1003484
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003454
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003370
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002974
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002635
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002066
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001986
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 322050
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 321243
Contemporary Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806727
from The Mount of Olives
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806660
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 494443
from Pete's Dragon
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534470
Pavane Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168923
Pavane Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168723
Pavane Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168632
Pavane Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1168565
from Carousel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106555
Treasury Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815431
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814133
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810307
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808053
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808042
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802712
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802162
Chart Toppers Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 615369
Seeting The Standards – Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), combo
Set of parts
Item no.: 612927
The Beatles
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 442776
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 365188
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 362688
Pop Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 347647