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.
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813536
Book 1: Five Pop Songs for Today's Choirs
for: Mixed choir (SAT), piano
Music score (anthology), online audio
Item no.: 563293
Märchenoper in drei Bildern – Neuausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 353999
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB), chamber ensemble
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 769233
Oper in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351745
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Book
Item no.: 818500
Ode. Fassung der Uraufführung und Fassung von 1751
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 661118
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 275336
VOCES8 Singles Series
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1012992
Messe
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1149289
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797793
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 365991
Musical Drama in three acts HWV 60
spiral bound
Novello Handel Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 907414
for six part mixed choir a cappella
for: Mixed choir (6 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 581564
Perfect for concert or graduation, this new release from Josh Groban shares a message of hope and encouragement for all.
Hal Leonard Contemporary Festival Choral Series
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 401792
Symphony cantata
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279250
An Opera Buffa in two acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 771423
from Dioclesian Suite
score
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 682372
Gospel
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [keyboard, guitar]
Score
Item no.: 5002
from "Three Nocturnes"
Westminster Choir College Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 680307
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 185231
Oratorium in drei Akten für Soli, gem Chor und Orchester
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 631238
from "Sister Act 2 – Back In The Habit"
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 467073
for mixed chorus and piano
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 583901
Passio secundum Joannem BWV 245 - Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Fassung IV (1749) mit der unvollendeten Revision 1739 im Anhang
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 346649
für Kinderchor/Frauenchor und Klavier
Aus dem Film "Die Kinder des Mathieu" (Les Choristes)
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 555326
Kantate zum 15. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 673155
Pop Choral Series
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 376624
Sing Out!
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 767765
Part Songs and Sacred Music for One to Six Voices
Reprint of An English Song Book, Doubleday & Co., Garden City, New York, 1961
Dover Vocal Scores
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 149012
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 816845
für Sopran solo, gemischten Chor und Bigband
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), big band
Score
Item no.: 328161
King's Singers Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 348962
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 764818
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 389766
for: Children's choir [women's choir] (1–2 parts), piano [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 601569
Oper in 3 Akten
Neue Studienpartituren-Reihe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 166090
Old American Songs I
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 907629
Ein Stück Musik nach John Gay's "Beggars Opera"
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 124485
8 songs for upper voices
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 692550
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 262388
The 2019 Pop Hit
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 697255
for tenor, mixed chorus a cappella
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 775871
aus Finlandia op. 26
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 674177
Eight songs for four-part vocal groups a capella
A Cappella Songbook 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 672757
Winthrop Rogers Festival Series
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476962
Six Canticles of Creation
John Rutter Anniversary Edition
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 641720
for: 2 soloists (SBar), narrator, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 113087
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