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.
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812588
Variations
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812164
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813066
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812434
from White Christmas
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800635
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812634
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802316
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802136
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801285
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799995
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802390
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 801747
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167688
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167413
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167396
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167387
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 765973
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809499
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803266
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 965625
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965583
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965533
A Cantata
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 965521
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965500
(with O Come, All Ye Faithful)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965464
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965398
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965355
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897923
For Mixed Chorus and Piano or Amplified Guitar
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 645818
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317769
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317400
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1002470
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 805171
with Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814438
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812729
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811585
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 800138
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800796
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798763
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 798923
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169547
Walton Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985773
Christmas Collection
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 693316
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805545
Medley
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804378
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 815440
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813118
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812921