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.
Level 3 Mixed, Teacher
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 803289
A Multi-Traditional Choral Celebration
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 801293
The King's Singers
Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 774479
A Disney Celebration for Women's Voices (Medley)
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 470161
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 363734
Medley
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812929
Choral Medley from the Broadway Musical
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811311
from Rent
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803167
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 620809
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814524
Broadway Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814331
from Rent
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813941
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811336
Choral Highlights
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810240
from Wicked (ShowTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810026
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809317
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809130
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803664
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806288
(Choral Medley) Discovery Level 3
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805364
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804582
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815039
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814967
(Medley)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814963
from Grease
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813476
Discovery Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811640
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809373
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809316
Discovery Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808314
The Hits of the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and 2000
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807153
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806747
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814150
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813677
Teaching Harmony with Multicultural Rounds and Canons
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812196
Expressing Music from the Inside Out
for: School class
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 809937
The Heart's Friend
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809633
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807107
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAT), piano
Score
Item no.: 695260
The Sunday Singer
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1167658
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1167498
Daybreak Easter Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167462
Oratorium nach einem Text von Gerhard Monninger
für Erzähler, Bariton, gemischten Chor und Instrumente
for: Solo voice (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), narrator, flute, alto saxophone, strings, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 674080
Zwei Oden des Dichters
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 761128
Acht Chorlieder für Männerchor (TTBB) a cappella nach Gedichten von Joseph von Eichendorff
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 756834
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751806
1. O mistress mine - 2. Hey, Robin, jolly Robin
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 782697
Volume 1
Edition critique - Monumentales
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Score
Item no.: 688982
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 858635
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