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.
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
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798265
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 947946
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 946873
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935999
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 939787
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 938019
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 937643
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 937633
O Come, Little Children - Away in a Manger
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 937595
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 940549
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 937127
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936723
A Christmas Communion Anthem
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 939007
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 938854
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 944667
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 944548
Incorporating Away in a Manger
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 941807
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 941529
Score and 10 Books
for: Choir
Bücher-Set
Item no.: 942408
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 943124
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 320462
Chorbuch Gregorianischer Choral
for: Choir (one voice) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 471974
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912085
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 910834
Betelehemu - African Noel - Siyahamba
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905165
A Classic Christmas Celebration
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 904473
Opt. Sleighbells
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 899967
Collected Christmas Chronicles for Unison and 2-Part Voices
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 893518
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928865
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928550
A Carol Service
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 928508
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 928315
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928189
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930857
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