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.
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
13 Carols And Christmas Hymns
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 662035
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169626
for: Women's choir (SS) [2 solo voices], organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1669679
(Denmark)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726410
Weihnachtslieder aus aller Welt: Großbritannien und USA
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 758596
Shawnee Sacred
for: Women's choir (SS), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556275
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556276
Choral Fantasy on Old Carols
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 681082
from Disneyland Paris Theme Parks – Discovery Level 1
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1026871
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551672
SATB unaccompanied or solo unison and piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 929427
Worship Songs. Christmas before and After
spiral-bound
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1056923
For Junior Choir, SATB, and Piano Or Organ
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1626249
A Carol
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 893683
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169589
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 692133
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 677151
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 964731
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 645422
for mixed choir and organ
for: Mixed choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 618590
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 245209
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 767651
3rd Day of Christmas [St John's Day]
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285544
Autograph Edition
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 366296
Cantata for Epiphany
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 655808
Cantata for Epiphany
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 655807
Cantata for the 1st day of Christmas
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233675
Cantata for the 2nd day of Pentecost
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233136
Cantata for the 2nd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232952
Winter Wonderland
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 362410
Christmas Proclamation
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315430
Voices Rising Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 690731
Ar Hyd y Nos
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732581
Pop.Voxx-Series
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 649583
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812420
Christmas Cantata
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 422962
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 378126
Cantata for the New Year's Day
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 445139
for: Mixed choir (SMezATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1645502
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804217
für gemischten Chor und Klavier oder Kammerorchester
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 489427
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