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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812194
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810219
Discovery Jazz Series
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 656203
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
Music Express Choral
for: School class
Choir score
Item no.: 814258
Learn Basic Concepts Through Song
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 810023
An Introduction to World Music Drumming
for: School class
Score, Parts, CD
Item no.: 808085
An International Holiday Celebration
for: School class
Score, Parts, CD
Item no.: 806796
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803176
(On the Glory Train)
Concert Festival
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 376112
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 374033
King's Singer's Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807071
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798443
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 469917
Broadway Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 430514
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 319788
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798405
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 474710
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 187121
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106558
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810517
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 492745
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534480
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 815389
Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814601
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 812486
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812223
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811138
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
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 630036
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106587
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806787
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806248
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 808744
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807893
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807245
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808388
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813463
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806173
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 839656
LKM Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 872980
A Practical Rhythm Reading Course
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 804576
Music Express Choral
for: School class
Choir score
Item no.: 804419
Whole-Group Games and Activities
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 804385
Adventure Story and Songs
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 804221