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.
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810917
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 808561
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804304
from "Evita"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 470091
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 469915
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 374753
The Ultimate Guide for the Choral Director
for: Choir
Book, DVD
Item no.: 374066
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 804466
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 277662
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106538
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano; glockenspiel ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1566721
A pBuzz learning method for the music classroom
for: School class
Study book (with online audio)
Item no.: 1672759
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1643198
from Tarzan
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1633950
Richard Bjella Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1690423
from Wish
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1690333
from Wish
Disney Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1690283
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672686
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087113
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087094
Discovery Level 2
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1692224
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1689986
Voices Rising/Jacob Narverud
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1562582
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 839726
POD
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867081
POD
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867067
POD
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867050
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862410
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862284
RV 718
Hardbound full score with critical commentary
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 798018
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169634
Pavane Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168693
Pavane Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168607
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 323688
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 584283
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Piano reductions
Item no.: 673060
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 885978
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 899119
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896772
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004720
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 891334
Wordless
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 839152
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 840837
In High Voice
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 556234
for: Mixed choir (SSATTBB), violin, string orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1121007
Choral Nr. 6 und Nr. 10 der Kantate BWV 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo; oboe ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 684892
Passio secundum Marcum
First version, first performed in Weimar around 1713 by J. S. Bach
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 682542
The complete singing resource for primary schools
for: Children's choir
Study book, 2 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 565012
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