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.
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805775
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805597
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805537
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803832
A Soulful Celebration
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803143
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801299
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815026
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801269
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802185
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802075
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801495
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 290182
für gemischten Chor und Orgel (Klavier)
aus: Magnificat op. 157
for: Mixed choir, organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 380800
für gemischten Chor und Orgel
Hugh Giles gewidmet
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 380722
for: Mixed choir, piano
[englisch]
Item no.: 576568
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 382712
für Soli, Chor und Orchester
Chorpartitur
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 184758
Opt. Flute and Bells
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 656479
Kikapust Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 166577
Kikapust Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 165000
Jazz
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 628930
for: Solo voice (high), mixed choir (SSATTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 692237
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 745753
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Item no.: 474495
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir book
Item no.: 470138
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 565982
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 565922
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799693
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763953
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 763564
from A Christmas Story: The Musical
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 764427
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 659959
for: Women's choir [children's choir], piano
Vocal score, Choir score
Item no.: 315515
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 916934
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 914067
Das große Chorbuch für gemischte Chöre zu Advent, Weihnachten und Jahreswechsel
für gemischten Chor und Instrumente
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 495237
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1020712
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 942277
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 940829
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 940735
with Away in a Manger
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 937504
A Jingle Bell Spectacular!
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 937230
A Christmas Musical Drama
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Book
Item no.: 941339
It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - The Coventry Carol - Angels We Have Heard on High
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 941281
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 939022
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 939361
Concert Band
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 928396
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 928327
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