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.
Festival Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813332
A Director's Guide for Young Performers
for: Choir
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 812575
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811910
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810172
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808855
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806807
3-Part Mixed
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802771
Brothers, Sing On! Jonathan Palant Choral Series
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800897
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800558
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800245
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800243
Voices Rising
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799907
Jazz Chorals
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 799505
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 798769
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 765718
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815384
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 802595
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802420
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802342
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 802283
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 802269
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 802268
Contemporary Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802259
Choral Medley
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802222
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802038
from Jersey Boys
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802020
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802008
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 801996
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809614
The Best of Glee, Season 3 Medley
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809068
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807591
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806480
from Les Misérables the Movie
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805672
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805261
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805253
Choral Selections from the Movie
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804318
Voices Together
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803535
Seasonal Movement and Activity Songs for Grades K-3
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803415
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803004
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801079
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 632626
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 619939
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801872
Festival Choral
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801844
Choral Medley
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801758
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801684
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 801667
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801619