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: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811385
Pop Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 803854
Discovery Level 3
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803435
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811264
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810135
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808298
Sacred Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814733
Treasury Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812678
Night
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 807892
Treasury Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 807783
Youth Sing Out (Choral)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807026
SATB a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 804144
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815452
(from The Music Man) Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814232
Psalm 118:14
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326303
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985592
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169609
Pavane Secular
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168411
Ithaca College Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1330958
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169469
Pavane Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168682
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168444
SATB a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168462
Pavane Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168950
Pavane Secular
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168882
Pavane Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168685
SATB divisi
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985833
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985750
Walton Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985664
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984737
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901502
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900082
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897155
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 892330
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004740
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041706
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 904097
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1031875
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 899212
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 907484
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906870
Melodienfolge aus der gleichnamigen Operette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score (men voices)
Item no.: 1342202
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1341828
Discovery Level 2
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1026868
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532900
Discovery Jazz
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820709
Discovery Level 2
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1017454
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317576
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