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.
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 808744
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811138
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806787
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806248
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 805547
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805470
(ShowTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812991
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807270
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 806193
Discovery Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804784
Discovery Jazz Series
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 656203
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798405
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 630036
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815064
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815050
Discovery Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812577
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810517
für gem Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 634914
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962220
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 320466
Ea289
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 320365
Alfred Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 1690362
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1671393
Alfred Pop Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 635593
Serie: Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), string orchestra, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 633320
Alfred Pop Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 660149
Choral Highlights
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [concert band]
Choir score
Item no.: 655796
for Mixed Choir (SABar) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 679674
for Mixed Choir (SATB) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 679656
for mixed choir (SSAB) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 679640
"Musica Dei" for womens choir (SSA) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 679637
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678433
Old English Melody
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (3 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678431
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678399
Evening Song
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678393
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678336
for mixed chorus a cappella score
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), percussion
Choir score
Item no.: 675854
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 586677
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 492510
Medley
Broadway Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 481979
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 365856
Sing in the Barbershop Quartet, Volume 3
8 Favorites arranged for 4-Part A Cappella Men's Voices
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 615772
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777679
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777573
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777572
(Choral Medley)
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 777563
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777558
from The Snowman
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777503