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.
Perfect for concert or graduation, this new release from Josh Groban shares a message of hope and encouragement for all.
Hal Leonard Contemporary Festival Choral Series
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 401792
Volume 2
11 pieces by Ešenvalds, Dubra and others
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 635163
from "The Greatest Showman"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797793
22 Complete Warm-Up Routines
for: Choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 679795
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813536
Der Raub der Lukrezia - Oper in 2 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 619362
für gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 617472
Musical Drama in three acts HWV 60
spiral bound
Novello Handel Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 907414
42 Segenslieder für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 620763
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Book
Item no.: 818500
An indispensable Guide for unaccompanied Choirs
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 636329
Book 1: Five Pop Songs for Today's Choirs
for: Mixed choir (SAT), piano
Music score (anthology), online audio
Item no.: 563293
Messe
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1149289
Novello Youth Chorals
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 302738
for tenor, mixed chorus a cappella
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 775871
Gospel
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [keyboard, guitar]
Score
Item no.: 5002
An Opera Buffa in two acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 771423
from Dioclesian Suite
score
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 682372
aus Finlandia op. 26
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 674177
für Sopran solo, gemischten Chor und Bigband
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), big band
Score
Item no.: 328161
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 262388
Sing Out!
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 767765
from "Three Nocturnes"
Westminster Choir College Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 680307
Winthrop Rogers Festival Series
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476962
Oper in 3 Akten
Neue Studienpartituren-Reihe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 166090
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 185231
Part Songs and Sacred Music for One to Six Voices
Reprint of An English Song Book, Doubleday & Co., Garden City, New York, 1961
Dover Vocal Scores
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 149012
Oper in einem Akt op. 11
for: 2 soloists (SBar), narrator, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 113087
The essential about choral intonation – stay in tune!
for: Choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 493204
for mixed chorus and piano
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 583901
Pop Choral Series
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 376624
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 816845
Oratorium in drei Akten für Soli, gem Chor und Orchester
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 631238
Ricordi Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389027
Passio secundum Joannem BWV 245 - Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Fassung IV (1749) mit der unvollendeten Revision 1739 im Anhang
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 346649
Schulchorbuch für gemischte Stimmen
Chorleiterband
for: Mixed youth choir, piano
Choir book
Item no.: 486727
Kantate zum 15. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 673155
The 2019 Pop Hit
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 697255
8 songs for upper voices
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 692550
Six Canticles of Creation
John Rutter Anniversary Edition
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 641720
für Kinderchor/Frauenchor und Klavier
Aus dem Film "Die Kinder des Mathieu" (Les Choristes)
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 555326
King's Singers Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 348962
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 764818
for: Children's choir [women's choir] (1–2 parts), piano [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 601569
from "Sister Act 2 – Back In The Habit"
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 467073
A Mass for Peace
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 143808
Songbook (with Reproducible Songsheets)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Songbook
Item no.: 337199
Eight songs for four-part vocal groups a capella
A Cappella Songbook 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 672757
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