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.
from The Music Man
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 812546
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812540
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 812520
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812439
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 812389
from Les Misérables the Movie
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812367
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812341
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812289
Discovery Choral
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812279
(Goodnight, My Angel) Discovery Level 3
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812250
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812205
Teaching Harmony with Multicultural Rounds and Canons
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812196
Medley
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812153
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812093
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812040
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814150
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814131
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814124
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814031
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813987
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813982
Teacher edition
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 813944
from Rent
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813941
Contemporary Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813853
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813778
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813677
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813668
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813659
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813626
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813616
The Music of Harold Arlen in Concert
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813513
from Grease
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813476
from In the Heights
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813437
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813318
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813277
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813276
Youth Sing Out (Choral)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813232
Youth Sing Out (Choral)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814646
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814524
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814511
Choral Highlights
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814426
from Glee
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814394
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814355
Broadway Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814331
from Finian's Rainbow
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814317
London 2012 Olympic Children's Anthem
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814286
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814278
from Finian's Rainbow
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814251