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.
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 425907
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 460010
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 446830
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 443697
A Christmas Cantata
for: Woman's voice, children's choir, mixed choir (SATB), piano, brass wind ensemble, 2 percussionists
Piano reduction
Item no.: 443695
29 carols for upper voices
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 434092
Carols
for: Women's choir (SS/SA), piano
Item no.: 372835
Arrangement for soli, choir and organ
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1017415
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532614
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797489
A collection of six carols
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 185233
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 797717
London Contemporary Voices Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 697244
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808173
Holiday medley
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 673400
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801066
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813757
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808022
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807941
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815124
Discovery Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807250
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 586689
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 744838
Band 1: Singen ist klasse
for: School choir
Choir book
Item no.: 601502
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 771067
13 Carols And Christmas Hymns
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 662035
Chamber Orchestra Version
for: Voice (S/Mez), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 630488
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 630073
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 765971
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 455894
King's Singers Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 469909
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 768057
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 768043
Alfred Pop Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 618347
for Mixed Chorus (SATB) and Piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 681496
Traditional Carols
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678438
When He Finds Everybody Swingin'
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746072
When He Finds Everybody Swingin'
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746061
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746058
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746053
Traditional Carol
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745989
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Male choir (TBB), flute, hand drum
Choir score
Item no.: 745919
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1634201
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1582737
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 135373
Mixed voices
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 901434
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 320368
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169626
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