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: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809390
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814958
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813101
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806631
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814209
Expressive Art (Choral)
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 811747
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809805
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809002
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807635
3 Part Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 641869
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 341216
from The Little Mermaid
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319335
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804715
Level 1 Treble, Performance/Accompaniment CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803825
from Mulan
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802728
Contemporary Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815530
Contemporary Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815212
Treasury Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810344
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810008
from Godspell
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808882
from Billy Elliot
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808392
Broadway Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804703
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798444
Motivational CD Series for Music Teachers
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 809538
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805061
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804855
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804799
Discovery Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804409
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803770
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803507
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803352
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802776
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 135182
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815312
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814413
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813543
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812913
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812401
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810661
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810110
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809825
featured in Glee
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809540
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807619
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807596
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803710
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802770
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801629
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 609891