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.
Rehearsal CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1002279
With Opt 3 Or Four Oct Handbell Part
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002212
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003438
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 801421
(Medley)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802139
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 641549
(Medley)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 643660
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 473076
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 473067
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 565496
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 556240
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811930
Choral Medley
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811630
from Messiah
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812784
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812578
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813508
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813502
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813283
Choral
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813125
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812432
Discovery Christmas Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815754
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815350
from Dreamgirls
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814159
(We Are Marching for Freedom)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813689
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803478
An International Holiday Celebration
for: School class
Set of parts
Item no.: 807273
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806661
Discovery Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806390
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806268
from Meet the Robinsons
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805710
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811156
Youth Sing Out (Choral)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808098
Voicetrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807846
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810117
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809398
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810854
10 CD'S
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1353500
Integrity Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1317106
How Manifold Are Your Works, O God
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326278
The Judith Herrington Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168899
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167741
(with Draw Me Nearer)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167730
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965400
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965615
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001745
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126108
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 826710
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857475