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.
Five popular Christmas songs arranged for SSA Choir and Piano by Berty Rice.
The Novello Youth Chorals
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 193239
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 322033
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 494596
Klassik
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 487903
for: Children's choir (one voice), 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Choir score
Item no.: 1696437
for: Children's choir (one voice), 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 1696436
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121198
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 674035
for mixed choir (SSAAATTBB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SSAAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 683159
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 576124
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 649573
with European parts
with vocal score in English and Dutch
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Choir score, Single parts
Item no.: 877249
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Item no.: 226813
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121427
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916332
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1656593
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 635998
Marsch
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1289371
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276412
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276402
Flexi-Band [4 Parts] & Chorus SATB, Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599298
zur Advents- und Weihnachtszeit
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Book
Item no.: 677667
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588212
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588208
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 587620
Martin, Elisabeth, Nikolaus und zwei Krippenspiele
for: Children's choir, performer
Book
Item no.: 443967
for unison voices with a simplified piano accompaniment
Oxford Christmas Carols
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 151363
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 141449
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592561
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591048
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Sleigh Bells [or Tambourine] & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591045
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591026
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591023
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590899
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590814
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590769
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590708
Judith Clurman Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896075
Singer´s Edition
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1003446
(Shepherds Quaked When the Angel Told Them)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903491
Christmas Section only
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317721
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317717
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317545
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 470631
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 627458
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805180
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 801537
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815701
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