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.
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 768249
(No. 4 from Appalachian Stories)
Judith Clurman Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); violin ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 768119
Choral Exploration
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 768116
from Ain't Too Proud
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 768103
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 580491
(with “God Bless America”)
Judith Clurman Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 777769
Judith Clurman – Rejoice: Honoring the Jewish Spirit Series
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777766
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777763
Ein neues Shantybuch
26 historische Shanties in Chorsätzen für Männerchor (ein bis zweistimmig)
Alle Titel in Chorstärke auch als Einzelausgaben erhältlich
for: Male choir, piano ad lib.
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 549230
für gemischten Chor und Klavier
Popular Choral Library
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1655563
Methodology Chorals
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 808193
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 603458
bearbeitet für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 621227
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 347496
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 326010
from Sister Act
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 150121
Complete Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 634604
Choral Selections for mixed chorus and piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 138085
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 382034
für 4-stimmigen Frauenchor a cappella mit Sopran-Solo
for: Solo voice, women's choir (SSAA)
Choir score
Item no.: 382029
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 644436
Neue a-cappella-Arrangements für drei gemischte Stimmen
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 212779
für sechs Stimmen (gemischter Chor) a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 665672
Opera in a prologue and three acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 120640
And Other Retro Classics
Choral Basics
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 461586
for: Children's choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 686576
30 repräsentative Stücke aus Lateinamerika
Argentinien, Chile, Uruguay, Bolivien und Peru
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 684710
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 689814
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 692944
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; trumpet, snare drum ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745737
Love Theme from "A Star Is Born"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746319
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746263
from the Musical "The Wiz"
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746254
from the musical "Something Rotten!"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746197
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745980
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 745882
Alfred Pop Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 635592
"Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" aus dem Theaterstück "Die Dreigroschenoper" (1928)
bearbeitet für gemischten Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 487743
"Swing Low" for two-part Choir and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 679767
for Mixed Choir (SATB) a cappella
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 679681
for Women's Choir (SSA) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 679668
for Mixed Choir (SABar) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 679645
for two-part voices and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 679642
Lawson-Gould
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678458
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678339
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678333
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 587013
Traditional (Samanthra)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1653346
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