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.
with For Unto Us a Child Is Born
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803701
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 678348
for mixed chorus and small orchestra
John Rutter Anniversary Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 662403
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 894253
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 865510
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 865372
A Holiday Musical for Young Singers
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808316
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 332451
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 630466
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 460549
for SATB with piano or organ, or orchestra
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ/orchestra]
Score
Item no.: 377366
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811385
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803936
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808961
Discovery Level 2
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777583
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 800127
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800015
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799809
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799711
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799470
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799437
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 565983
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Item no.: 469097
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 380699
für gemischte Stimmen (und Klavier)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 380631
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 344211
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 292824
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 801919
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801623
Discovery Level 2
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801258
Essential Voices USA
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799033
(A Christmas Celebration)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801261
with Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814642
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798364
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809808
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809626
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808324
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805802
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803755
A Medley of Carols/ SoundTrax CD
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir
Play-along CD 1
Item no.: 696646
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800478
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 803849
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 801909
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801683
(with O Christmas Tree) Discovery Level 1
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 801498
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801492
(A Christmas Celebration)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801482
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