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.
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982779
for female chorus and piano (organ)
Texts by Nick Fawcett
Volume 2
for: Women's choir (SA), piano [organ]
Piano score
Item no.: 376641
Mass "Salve intemerata" & Antiphons / Contrafactum "Se lord and behold"
Early English Church Music 64
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 1549147
Hob. XXI:3
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 697311
for St. Cecilia's Day
for: 6 soloists (SSAATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 392265
for Soprano & Tenor Soli, SATB Chorus, Children's Choir & Orchestra
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1032026
From Walt Disney's THE ARISTOCATS
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 167489
Paradise road
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 915739
Choral music for all occasions in the original notational image, sorted by genres and themes
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for: Women's choir [children's choir] a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 664593
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 658382
Coronation Anthem
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 658351
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 691668
for young male chorus (with cambiata voices) and piano (simplified)
Emerging Voices
for: Male choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 682680
for SATB or unison voices and organ
for: Choir (1 part) [mixed choir (SATB)], organ
Score
Item no.: 679400
for SATB unaccompanied
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678896
Operette
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 666662
New Horizons
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 663788
for mixed chorus and organ or full orchestra, or chamber orchestra
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 662068
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 487589
for: Women's choir (SSSAAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 736071
from The Prince of Egypt (Prinz von Ägypten)
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 333025
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1015578
Director's Kit
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts, CD
Item no.: 846711
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 920848
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 687691
Five Children's Choruses
öt gyermekkar
for: Children's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 255900
The chart-topping hit by singing sensation Michael Buble has been arranged as a silky-smooth jazz ballad for SATB chorus by Mac Huff, with full Piano accompaniment.
Chart Toppers Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 431342
Perfect for concert or graduation, this new release from Josh Groban shares a message of hope and encouragement for all.
Arranged for the upper voices, and ideal for young / school choirs.
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 348168
The emotional impact of John Lennon's classic is most timely in today's world. An expressive setting.
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 365143
Reggae for a cappella SATB voices
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 211226
(Choral Medley)
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 746370
(Choral Highlights)
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 745323
(Choral Highlights)
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 686930
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087181
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 362563
A Collection of Popular Hits for Classroom Instruments, Guitar, Ukulele, Orff and Keyboard
for: School class
Set of parts
Item no.: 798570
Disney choral highlights
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 638743
Medley
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 674416
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 146293
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803682
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317743
Expressive Art (Choral)
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 806524
Expressive Art (Choral)
for: School class
Set of parts
Item no.: 803961
Warmups, Ostinati, Rounds and Kids' Songs
for: School class
Score, Parts
Item no.: 802999
More Music of the Masters for Boomwhackers® & Other Instruments
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 578271
Andrea Ramsey Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777770
Choral Exploration
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777758
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 376202
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