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), organ
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Item no.: 372555
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
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Item no.: 365792
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (2 parts), 3 mallets (SAB) [organ]
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Item no.: 362710
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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Item no.: 362705
for: Women's choir a cappella
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Item no.: 381401
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 939498
(Midnight Mass for Christmas)
Arrangement for soloists, choir and organ
for: 5 soloists (SSTTB), mixed choir (SSTTB), organ
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Item no.: 1017419
for: Mixed choir, piano
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Item no.: 1653429
for: Children's choir, piano
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Item no.: 1653389
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), organ
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Item no.: 1659605
for: Male choir
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Item no.: 1676772
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237598
for: Choir, organ
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Item no.: 1337956
for: Choir, organ
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Item no.: 1337929
for: Choir, organ
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Item no.: 1337926
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339230
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340110
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340089
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339650
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 1339539
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1339527
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 911567
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 887371
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 322000
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 324722
for: Choir
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Item no.: 857429
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
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Item no.: 688045
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir book
Item no.: 608840
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 181459
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 891118
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862974
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 489463
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 888067
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 870065
for: Narrator, mixed choir, instruments
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Item no.: 214874
for: Mixed choir, organ [piano]
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Item no.: 212901
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
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Item no.: 297971
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 283463
for: 2 voices (SA) [women's choir], organ; 2 violins, cello/double bass ad lib.
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Item no.: 277404
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 1156709
for: Choir
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Item no.: 848193
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
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Item no.: 230011
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
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Item no.: 157860
for: Women's choir (SS), organ
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Item no.: 136552
for: Mixed choir (ATTB) a cappella
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Item no.: 6089
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 5693
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 4050
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments [organ]
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Item no.: 173234
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