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.
from Beauty and the Beast
Disney Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 745119
Traditional Spiritual
Sacred Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745068
(Crazy Little Thing Called Love with It's Still Rock and Roll to Me)
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 745038
Sacred Choral
for: Choir (1–2voices), piano; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 745025
Traditional Spiritual
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 744976
(from Aladdin)
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 697634
The 2019 Pop Hit
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 697252
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 691522
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812194
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810219
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799999
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799223
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 491497
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 483334
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 364689
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 337956
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804172
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 803250
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802797
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801199
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 798314
from Glee
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 659858
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 623588
Classic Pop 80's
for: Solo voice (soprano), women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 620415
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 577469
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814476
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 459865
from "The Greatest Showman"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 797791
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 689606
Choral Mash-up from Glee
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798780
From Walt Disney's »The Lion King«
Discovery Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano, melodic instrument (C)
Choir score, Solo part
Item no.: 469910
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 444096
Active Music Making with Tablets, Projectors, Computers and Interactive Whiteboards
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 800197
Choral Exploration
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777759
Discovery Level 2
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777751
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 229033
Voices in Harmony
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532769
Andrea Ramsey Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532762
from Les Misérables
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533124
Discovery Level 2
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533096
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Buch
Item no.: 557614
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 497648
from Mean Girls
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777731
Craig Hella Johnson Series
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 777727
Judith Clurman Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), oboe
Score
Item no.: 777725
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 183960
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 289958
Voices Rising
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777941