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.
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745742
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745724
from "Bring It On the Musical"
Alfred Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746342
from the Musical "The Wiz"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746228
from the musical "Something Rotten!"
Pop Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746216
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746021
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746019
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745963
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745884
Opéra en trois actes
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 428268
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 1st Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233241
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
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 938691
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1690887
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101495
Weltlich
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1037207
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score, set of parts (strings)
Item no.: 929277
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964886
Shawnee Press
for: School class
Score
Item no.: 1656667
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984485
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760253
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982814
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105555
Let Us Break Bread Together
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1559479
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103260
Prüfungsliteratur
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1329708
Ausgefallenes und Extravagantes für gemischte Chöre a capella
(mit CD)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 375463
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