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.
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1013302
The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ according to Luke
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1606
for: Mixed choir (SATB), children's choir, organ, small orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 684365
Lyric Fairy Tale in Three Acts
After the historical vocal score (1905)
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1331553
Amerikanischer Folk-Song aus dem 19. Jahrhundert
Bosse Hits a cappella (BHAC)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1585721
Ode to St Cecilia
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1340592
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 634667
(In The Bleak Midwinter)
for: Male choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 635663
Geistliche Musik nach einem Text von Emily Dickinson für Frauenchor a cappella
for: Women's choir (SSMMAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 635328
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 687046
12 Spirituals für gemischten Chor (SAAM) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SAABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 775064
We are here to sing
13 afrikanische Chorlieder aus Namibia
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 614059
for SATB choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 613984
Opera in two acts op. 50
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 302521
"Dir gehört mein Herz" aus dem Musical "Tarzan"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 623916
from "The Wizard of Oz"
Concert Festival
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 635239
Pavane & Gaillard
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 635012
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 631537
for: Women's choir (SSMezAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 636144
No. 4 Love Song
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 330478
The dove descending breaks the air
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 471515
Es erhub sich ein Streit
Cantata at St Michael and All Angels
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 328318
The Youngsong Musicals
for 9-14 year-olds
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Piano reduction
Item no.: 324006
Chorlieder für 4 gemischte Stimmen
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 655297
Songs for Mixed Voices
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 628929
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318177
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 317788
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317766
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317743
Christ Lay in Death's Dark Prison
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317734
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 317727
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317539
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317518
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 317315
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 317305
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 311661
From Walt Disney's »The Lion King«
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 291089
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 278594
Medley for SAB choir and piano
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 273887
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 274870
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 277292
"Gestern Noch"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 312975
Moderne Chorjodler
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 667351
Walton Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), string quartet, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 682189
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774786
5th movement: Es sungen drei Engel einen süßen Gesang
for: Soloist (alto), women's choir, boys' choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746268
Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 198634
The best of all possible worlds
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 198633
A Requiem "for those we love"
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 288684
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