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.
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 909069
Raisins and Almonds
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1610619
Das Kindermusical
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Songbook
Item no.: 341890
aus dem Oratorium "Der Messias" (1741)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1552420
from "Cats"
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 797537
for: Children's choir, mixed choir (SATB), piano, melodic instruments, string ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1560305
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 171289
from the musical Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934388
für Sekundarstufe II
for: School choir (high school)
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 1558738
Disney Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533198
Daybreak Easter Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167812
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1002891
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001538
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965575
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814330
Barry Talley
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813822
Treasury Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813098
from Wicked
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812814
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 811572
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811015
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809341
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001503
Brookfield Easter Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965685
2-Part (opt. 3-Part)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965569
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965391
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820556
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813226
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810933
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 455886
The King's Singers Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 329653
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813070
Contemporary Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 810419
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808901
from Madagascar 2: Escape 2 Africa
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820688
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820537
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813394
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811502
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807781
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807590
Hal Leonard Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807389
Treasury Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807374
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806494
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803503
2-Part and Piano
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802757
from American Song
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802686
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 641115
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 613873
World Music Series
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 556221
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