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.
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 695395
from Despicable Me 2
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 632641
Discovery Level 1
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532853
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532846
from tick, tick...Boom!
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532573
from The Unofficial Bridgerton Musical
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532566
Emily Crocker Emerging Composer Composition Competition
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532558
SATB with piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 894835
Traditional
Alfred Choral Design
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 690921
Listen! – Swahili
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 687642
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 687180
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
Eine Oper in fünf Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 745196
from "Bring It On the Musical"
Alfred Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746342
from the Musical "Grease"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746328
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
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746189
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
Standard Library Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); rhythm goup (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 347182
Masque (Pastoral) in 2 Akten
1. Fassung
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 361036
Groovin' Styles for Classroom Instruments
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 800130
More Songs and Games for the Music Class (Songbook 2)
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 806594
Optional Choral Part
Eric Whitacre Choral
enthält 40 Exemplare
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 798172
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 797634
Faber Choral Signature Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 491541
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 798084
Pop Choral Series
for: Soloist (soprano), women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 798052
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797855
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 797832
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 797724
Sacred Choral
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797699
from Olaf's Frozen Adventure
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [combo]
Score
Item no.: 797649
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 797644
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 797640
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 762055
Voices Rising
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 762020
Voices Rising
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 762014
(Reprise)
from Rent
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 761949
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 746358
Discovery Level 2
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 746354
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 687442
from Mary Poppins Returns
Disney Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 745719
Discovery Level 2
VoiceTrax CD
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 745347
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