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.
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962256
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101610
Early English Church Music 14
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 768938
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 893826
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101569
From Mozart's 12th mass
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982741
Enoch Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 962365
Enoch Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962265
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1317911
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 183960
Choral Mash-up from Glee
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798780
for unison and/or SATB choir and organ
Congregational part (pack of 10 copies)
Church Music Society
for: Choir (one voice), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 628324
for: Women's choir (2–3 parts), organ [piano, double bass/ bass guitar]; male voice ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 775992
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 586677
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 492510
Musica Britannica 93
for: Voices
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 931269
4, 5 and 6 Voices
for: Mixed choir (4–6 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 930291
Choral Collection
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 1654347
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 983083
from The Pajama Game
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533155
The English Madrigalists 21
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 771647
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820737
Sechs Pop-Balladen und Love-Songs für gemischten Chor (SSATB) a cappella
Chor aktiv Band 17
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 467965
für Männerchor
for: Male choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 418581
Gospel auf neuen Wegen
for: Mixed choir (SMezAB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 456404
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 687180
Developing the Creative Brain in the 21st Century
for: School class
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 874581
Henry Leck Creating Artistry Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 692202
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777679
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777573
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777572
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777558
from The Snowman
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777503
Discovery Level 2
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777502
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 777482
Discovery Level 1
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777457
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 777439
Choral
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777422
from Cats
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777393
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 768250
from The Prince of Egypt
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 768132
Disney Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 768111
Traditional Spiritual
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 766531
Cantata for the 15th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 233536
Cantata for the inauguration of the town council in Mühlhausen
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233185
Cantata for the 10th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232964
from : Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (SMezATBB), orchestra; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231955
Choral Music of Our Time
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 750078
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