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) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 764818
Old American Songs I
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 907629
for: Children's choir [women's choir] (1–2 parts), piano [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 601569
from "Sister Act 2 – Back In The Habit"
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 467073
A Mass for Peace
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 143808
Eight songs for four-part vocal groups a capella
A Cappella Songbook 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 672757
Songbook (with Reproducible Songsheets)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Songbook
Item no.: 337199
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985441
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101249
Ricordi Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 769464
Opera in two files, eight pictures and an epilogue
according to the Novelle of the same name by Zofia Posmysz
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 664732
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 685302
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
20 choir scores
Item no.: 772020
European choral music of the 19th century
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 669171
for unaccompanied chorus SSAATBB
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 635762
für gemischten Chor a cappella (2007)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 330775
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 290002
Conte des Fées par Henri Cain (d'après Perrault)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 245931
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [women's choir (SSA)], piano
Piano score
Item no.: 428797
für Frauenchor und Klavier
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 471993
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 388444
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 679019
op. 89
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1557187
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 235743
Jubilate
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232820
for mixed chorus and organ score
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 292219
mit Variantensätzen, englisch
Urtext Stuttgarter Händel-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 550567
Five Pop Songs for Today's Choirs
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 691813
Traditional Scottish Folk Song
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 745472
(from Les Misérables)
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 745377
Methodology Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Playback-CD (with parts to print yourself)
Item no.: 602820
10 anthems for mixed voices
Oxford Choral Composers
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Choir book
Item no.: 578138
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 484992
for: 2 soloists (SA), women's choir (SA), string orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 123412
für Soli, Chor und Orchester
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 123403
Sequential Sight-Reading in the Choral Classroom
Student Edition
for: School choir
Students book
Item no.: 796617
Warm-ups for Successful Performance
Chorleiterband
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 664538
18 exercises for mixed chorus (SATB)
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music lesson book
Item no.: 337552
This song beautifully depicts the image of a kite flying high in the air,
implying a child's imaginative wishes and dreams.
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 485146
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1192485
Third Parable for Church Performance op. 81
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 120759
American Traditional
VOCES 8 Singles Series
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 617255
VOCES8 Singles Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 697259
Choral Vivace
for: Women's choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1666818
(Choral Selections)
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777418
50 pieces from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland and the Baltic States
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book (anthology)
Item no.: 680587
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809322
Musica baltica
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 635515
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