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.
from GLEE
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813224
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812186
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807513
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 806261
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 659860
from Glee
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 586986
1963 pop hit by the Beach Boys arranged for 2 part Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 658263
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810117
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806485
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896760
Liebst du um Schönheit
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 896004
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 895888
From Love Shall Live Forever
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 895819
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 895812
Konzertwerk
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 906115
Konzertwerk
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 903826
Konzertwerk
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 907859
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings
Score
Item no.: 872991
from Sing Evermore!
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897990
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 907586
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004718
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087107
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087073
Sounds, Patterns, Styles
The Book for Classroom Practice and Self-Study
for: School class
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 695748
Dormi, dormi bel bambin
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 901003
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 881620
POD
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862803
POD
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862750
Alternative Version Of Verses 6 And 7
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 862713
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 904759
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 902135
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 895669
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 901527
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862067
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 643598
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805580
Multicultural Collection of Partner Songs and Canons
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 804326
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799212
Eugene Rogers Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 765874
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 880331
Version for Children's Choir
for: Children's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 321706
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 838879
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106564
Book & CD
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 985310
für gemischten Chor (SSAATTBB), Streichquartett und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 616290
Walton Choral
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 985714
Pavane Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168924
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 838678
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