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.
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002965
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002745
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002697
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002654
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002499
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002432
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002395
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002379
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002360
Preview CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1002162
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002088
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001844
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002346
H.T. Fitzsimons Co
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001997
Gentry Publications
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001976
H.T. Fitzsimons Co
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001929
Raymond Hoffman Co
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001741
Gentry Publications
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001479
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003605
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003512
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003415
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002896
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820552
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 472184
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 926087
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 924923
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 924553
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 832187
Marches
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 982199
Shawnee Press
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 1126585
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124650
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124029
Youth Sing Out (Choral)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812296
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891765
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 940376
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 937967
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 937081
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936854
Folk
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 937255
from the musical Ain't Misbehavin'
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935341
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933172
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928298
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 928261
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 928108
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 929760
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929424
Rise, Shine - This Little Light of Mine
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934004
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910583
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