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.
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
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
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928255
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing - Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus - Silent Night, Holy Night
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 940109
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910166
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 908963
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 900360
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 900109
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 911335
The 12 Dogs of Christmas
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910998
with Deck the Hall
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910419
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 904871
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 904467
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 904406
A Jolly Holiday Songbook or Program for Unison Voices
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 893614
A Christmas Musical for Children
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 898332
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 897640
Incorporating the traditional carol Angels We Have Heard on High
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935511
Accompaniment-Performance CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935383
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935329
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 942701
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 933285
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 932949
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 932872
Jazz
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936997
A Partner Song with The First Noel
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930855
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930782
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930155
Jazz
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934176
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 933629
Four Favorites for 3-Part Mixed Voices
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 929724
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929618
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