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.
Ricordi Choral Library
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Buch
Item no.: 162490
Op 35 (2001)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 778519
Choral Miscellany No. 283
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 905571
Konzertwerk
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 901410
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 903697
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 648350
Allow me oh Maiden
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1043627
A choral speech collection
for: Children's choir
Score
Item no.: 1544721
Red Hot Recorder
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 831884
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 485555
Nunc dimittis
Z 230/8
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1042891
Oxford New Horizons
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 148526
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 687660
Without arms or charm of culture
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 628328
Traditional Scottish Folk Song
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 865216
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 471657
Oxford Anthems
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 460561
Maa Bonny Lad / The Keel Row
Oxford Upper-Voice Music
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (2–3 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 460500
Mit auf Anfrage erhältlichen Optionen
for: Women's choir (SSA), clarinet (B-flat), bass piano
Score
Item no.: 658533
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 951759
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 867251
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 838275
Vocal Score
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 399583
Educational Piano Library
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 814899
From Newsies
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 319330
Holiday Musical
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 811970
Music First Express
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 468306
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 797819
from Tyler's Suite
Hal Leonard Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano, violin
Score, solo part
Item no.: 797544
From 'Coco'
for: Mixed choir a cappella
CD
Item no.: 774455
Pop Choral Series
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762056
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 761968
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 799540
Choral Exploration
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 745317
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 745316
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810918
New Lyrics to Old Favorites
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 808199
24 More Vocal Exercises for Warm-Up and Workout
for: Choir
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 807041
London Contemporary Voices Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 697262
Choral Highlights
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 696937
Eric Whitacre Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 696880
Hinshaw Secular
for: Women's choir (SSAA); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 900897
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551257
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1343425
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343417
Pop Choral Series
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532898
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532892
Disney Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532888
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