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.
The North Pole's New York Debut
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 891512
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889650
for: Choir
Score, CD
Item no.: 889011
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 886691
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 903023
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 902991
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 902983
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 902942
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 902580
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 902514
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 902402
Folk
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 902395
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 902350
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 902286
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 902164
As Recorded by *NSYNC and Gloria Estefan
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 901853
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 901796
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 901586
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 901487
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 901083
Piano
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 900907
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 900663
with Solo Instrument
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 900502
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 899431
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 899391
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 899009
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 898500
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 895856
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 895752
Twelve Singing Games from Twelve Countries
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 895367
Choral Programme Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 474402
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Item no.: 469948
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Item no.: 469117
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 469101
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Item no.: 469072
für Jugend- oder Erwachsenenchor geeignet
Choral Vivace: Mixed Voices Series No 5
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 385663
für Jugend- oder Erwachsenenchor geeignet
Choral Vivace: Mixed Voices Series No 2
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 385653
für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor und Tasteninstrument
for: Mixed choir (SATB), keyboard instrument
Piano reduction
Item no.: 386384
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 386046
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 386518
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Item no.: 387349
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 387254
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 387242
Jazz
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 948404
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 948282
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 948217
Folk
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 948126
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 948053
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