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.
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806239
Music Express Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812115
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 798953
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802115
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802069
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801957
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 801564
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801444
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801032
Traditional French Carol
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808982
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802383
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801664
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801391
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813433
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813341
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812841
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799808
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 799662
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799435
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798539
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798764
Treasury Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 798376
2-Part and Piano
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810096
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804651
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804502
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802783
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810574
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808221
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806999
from Dr Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806578
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805494
Choral Mash-up
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805122
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804510
Medley Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804021
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 803963
[with The Christmas Song Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire]
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803426
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 802706
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801650
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801390
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806957
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 555042
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Buch
Item no.: 314592
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815596
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813471
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 813377
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813140
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813075
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813052