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 Greatest Showman"
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 797790
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 797819
from "The Greatest Showman"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 797798
Voices Rising Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 797859
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 797856
from "Coco"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 797852
Broadway Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 797842
Broadway Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 797840
Pop Choral Series
ShowTrax CD
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 797838
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797836
from "The Greatest Showman"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797787
from "Coco"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 797851
Discovery Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 797826
Discovery Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 797823
Discovery Choral Broadway Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 797844
from "The Greatest Showman"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 797792
from "The Greatest Showman"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797786
Pop Choral Series
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797837
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 797835
Discovery Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 797824
from "The Greatest Showman"
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 797788
Pop Choral Series
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797857
from "Coco"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797850
Broadway Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 797841
Broadway Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797839
Discovery Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 797830
Discovery Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 797820
from "The Greatest Showman"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 797800
from "The Greatest Showman"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 797796
Pop Choral Series
ShowTrax CD
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 797858
from "The Greatest Showman"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797794
Discovery Choral Broadway Series
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 797845
from "The Greatest Showman"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797797
Pop Choral Series
ShowTrax CD
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 797834
Discovery Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 797828
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 797774
Broadway Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 797843
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 797707
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 797724
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797705
Sacred Choral
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797699
from Olaf's Frozen Adventure
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [combo]
Score
Item no.: 797649
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 797644
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 797640
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 797634
Disney Choral
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797729
Andrea Ramsey Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 797757
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797726