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.
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808599
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808116
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807795
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807169
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807144
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 806888
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 815688
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815215
Right Down Santa Claus Lane
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815066
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814822
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814511
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814031
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813778
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813659
The Music of Harold Arlen in Concert
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813513
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 812389
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812341
Traditional Zulu Dowry Song
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 811768
But My Baby Don't Love Nobody but Me
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811173
from The Polar Express
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810982
Voices Rising
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810931
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810894
Jazz Chorals
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810856
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810482
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810430
Medley
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809723
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 809705
from American Landscapes
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809432
from Keble Missa Brevis
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808903
Voices Together
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808783
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808571
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 348765
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815740
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815360
Pop Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815089
An Anti-Bullying Program
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814986
from Glee
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814394
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813626
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813050
featured in Glee
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812997
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812900
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812439
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812205
Medley
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812153
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810989
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810747
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810560
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810510
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