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.
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812975
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810693
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810495
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809334
Pop Choral Series
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807549
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804816
Unison
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Buch + CD
Item no.: 804673
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804005
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803443
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803249
(ShowTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 368375
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815215
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814822
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814031
Expressive Art (Choral)
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 812904
A Musical About Our Solar System and Beyond
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811103
Jazz Chorals
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810856
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810482
Voices Together
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808783
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807936
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807868
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807650
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805369
from Elijah
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804859
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804839
Discovery Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804459
(Choral Selections)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804395
2-Part and Piano
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804394
Discovery Level 3
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803846
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803828
Discovery Level 1
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803264
Discovery Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 801310
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 637349
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 627413
Discovery Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 558905
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 348765
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815740
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815360
Pop Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815089
featured in Glee
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812997
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812205
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810989
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810747
Medley
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810092
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809344
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808680
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805870
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805738