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.
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802218
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167534
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167415
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326967
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 806749
Discovery Christmas Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806684
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814520
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812871
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811326
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809899
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809227
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807044
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805590
from Songs for a New World
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803759
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803201
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965664
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965545
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965461
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965380
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965313
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798534
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800297
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798765
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805761
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801413
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801307
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800122
(with O Christmas Tree) Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813576
from A Little Princess
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801761
From A World of Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1126711
A Cantata for Christmas - 10-Pack Listening CDs
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1655690
a cappella oder mit Begleitung (Orgel/Klavier oder 3 Streicher)
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano/organ [2 violins, cello] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 692863
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1610078
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1610031
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609744
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167299
Christmas Collection
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 869506
für SSA und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609546
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609495
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1608991
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1608711
A Soulful Celebration
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807914
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804278
H.T. Fitzsimons Co
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1353491
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 858666
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169570
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169531
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330995