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.
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808550
Book/CD Pack
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 806492
Customize Your Programs With Scripts for Every Occasion
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 805890
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815619
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813546
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 328753
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 493652
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810224
Voices Rising
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804393
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 607191
Il est né, le divin enfant
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814713
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 469916
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813927
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813167
Methodology Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808546
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807801
Cross-Curricular Music Fun for the Classroom
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 811917
Multicultural Resource of Songs, Celebrations and Fun Facts
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 811002
Story and Songs of Learning, Discovery and Meeting Life's Challenges
for: School class
Set of parts
Item no.: 808581
Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 798167
Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319342
Broadway Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802773
From "Sweet Charity"
Broadway Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 552653
from 'Sweet Charity'
Broadway Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 488700
from carousel
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 357096
(from Les Misérables)
Broadway Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 291365
Discovery Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812459
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811847
Discovery Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809897
This 1969 pop hit by Dusty Springfield is set in a smoky gospel blues. It's a perfect feature for showchoir!
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 473073
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814338
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813177
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812667
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810845
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 806368
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 641510
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 303565
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 214912
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 170563
SAB (as featured in GLEE)
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 606803
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 604130
Discovery Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805700
Discovery Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813839
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812866
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812585
London Contemporary Voices Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 697261
London Contemporary Voices Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 697242
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 696933
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