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.
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
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 346199
für Soli, Kinderchor, gem Chor, Gemeinde und Instrumente
Singspiel zur Schöfpungsgeschichte
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Piano reduction
Item no.: 658359
Rejoice Honoring Jewish Spirit
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 817844
Richard Bjella Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 817841
From GLEE (Freddie Mercury)
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 612864
for female Chorus and piano
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 473082
Festival Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 326009
Oratorio after Dostoyevsky by Leo Borchard
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 134188
Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392231
L’Arte Armonica. Fonti 2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 780892
"Donau so blau" Walzerop. 314
for: Women's choir (SMezA), piano
Chorstimme
Item no.: 1111931
per soli, schola gregoriana, coro di voci bianche e strumenti
for: Soloists, choir, children's choir, orchestra
Music score
Item no.: 777869
Macht Kinder stark
for: Children's choir, piano
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1690244
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 886353
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 885782
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867298
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 867119
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 867063
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 867030
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 866950
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 866617
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920182
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920167
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 894126
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893995
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893904
Church Music Society publications
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893456
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893404
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893358
Praise the Lord! his glories show
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893317
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893284
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892615
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 892529
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892514
New Horizons
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892263
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891988
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891965
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891769
Oxford Choral Classics
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891633
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891538
New Horizons
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891358
Church Music Society publications
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891276
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891188
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862002
für Frauenchor (Kinderchor) und Orgel
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 672120