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.
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746043
Shining on the Baby
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746034
Shining on the Baby
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746033
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745969
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; saxophone, vibraphone ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745925
Traditional Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 762952
Alfred Pop Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 943722
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 892801
Weihnachten
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1020566
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 180031
twelve popular Classics for mixed chorus and piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 446746
aus: Die deutsche Liturgie
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 186709
Collegium Sancti Johannis Cantabrigiense
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 354667
30 Arrangements for equal voices
for: Children's choir [Youth choir] (1–3 voices), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 1689305
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 743388
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 722386
for SATB choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur Klavierbegleitung zu Probezwecken
Item no.: 750414
Carol for mixed voices
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3217
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1633952
Christmas Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 894167
Christmas Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 693340
New edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1549188
Geistliche Musik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551198
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1634915
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126771
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732576
West Country Carol
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano [brass quintet]
Piano score
Item no.: 929083
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1018695
Kantate zum Weihnachtsfest
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 675213
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965453
Songbook mit 4-stimmigen Sätzen und Akkordbezeichnungen
Gospel / R&B
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm section [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 649607
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1167541
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167488
Walton Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985801
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965418
Weihnachtslied bearbeitet für gemischten Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 655331
Festchor zu Advent und Weihnachten
für SATB, Streicher und Orgel oder mit Orgel allein
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 633251
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 577683
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 325972
The Blues Service
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 632661
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1015362
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 478071
Adventliche und weihnachtliche Gesänge für gemischte Stimmen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1317363
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano, percussion ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1655685
A collection of six carols
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1478439
A Christmas Musical Play for Infants
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Piano reduction, CD
Item no.: 312618
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 295926
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317742
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