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.
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 576569
from "Hear the Angels Sing"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), small orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 648676
10 pieces for a cappella choir
Musica Baltica
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 622442
When He Finds Everybody Swingin'
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746073
Traditional French Carol
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano; hand drum, finger cymbals ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 746022
Traditional Carols
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745992
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745960
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745944
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1559614
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 943004
Overture on 'O Come All Ye Faithful'
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 863333
Christmas Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 890408
The Novello Choral Programme
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 610173
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 722383
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760257
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1667567
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747874
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532437
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343060
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Score
Item no.: 690705
Gospelsong (Weihnachten)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 753470
Traditional Polish Carol
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 691694
Overture on 'O Come All Ye Faithful'
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 873620
A Complete Christmas resource for choirs
Christmas carols and rounds
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; brass winds ad lib.
Piano reduction
Item no.: 495713
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Score
Item no.: 915576
Music Express Choral
for: School class
Choir score
Item no.: 816674
A Joyful Celebration of the Season
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1690088
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass quintet, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 929047
SATB, flute, harp or piano, organ and strings
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 929200
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; instruments ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 696030
A Litany and Anthem for Hanging of the Greens
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556291
from Christmas Oratorio
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 910935
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 816493
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 673387
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169044
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803099
Look! There is my Love
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760279
Choral Music of Our Time
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 772266
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1689827
(Christmas Version)
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820614
Uns Ist Ein Kind Geboren
Pavane Publishing
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1042971
A collection of six carols
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
10 scores
Item no.: 247271
To Us a Child is Born
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317748
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 662683
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 629102
Traditional
Choral Music Experience
for: Women's choir (SS), piano
Score
Item no.: 447040
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 191450
Weihnachtslieder gemeinsam singen in jeder Besetzung
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 691691
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