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 (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1192536
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1109805
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 884032
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 865893
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 878417
Novello Choral Pops
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 866101
Novello Choral Pops
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 863633
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 861815
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 872968
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 870939
Klassik
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 870065
Novello Choral Pops
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 909440
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777678
Traditional Spiritual
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777584
Traditional Irish Folk Song
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777579
Voices Rising Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777554
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777536
Andrea Ramsey Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777534
Choral Exploration
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777487
Discovery Level 2
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 777478
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777473
Discovery Level 1
Discovery Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777461
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777435
Discovery Level 1
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777432
from No Time to Die
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777314
from Breakthrough
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 778185
(with “God Bless America”)
Judith Clurman Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 777769
Judith Clurman – Rejoice: Honoring the Jewish Spirit Series
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777766
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777763
for: Mixed choir a cappella
CD
Item no.: 690136
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690100
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690086
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690085
for: Mixed choir a cappella
CD
Item no.: 689758
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689757
for: Mixed choir a cappella
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 689709
(Won't You Come Home?)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
CD
Item no.: 689708
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689701
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689697
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689421
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 692944
Belwin Concert Band
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 692811
A Medley of Carols
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano [youth concert band]
Choir score
Item no.: 696491
A Medley of Carols
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [youth concert band]
Choir score
Item no.: 696490
young symphonic band series
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 696071
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; trumpet, snare drum ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745737
Choral Highlights
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
Play-along CD 1
Item no.: 744842
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 697322
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