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.
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810128
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809840
from Mulan
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 817942
Choral Highlights Discovery Level 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 817933
from Piae Cantiones (Traditional Latin Carol)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 777556
Sing with the Choir Volume 5
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch + CD
Item no.: 493224
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 469640
King's Singer's Choral
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 464255
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 341393
Mixed Voices Book Volume 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809791
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 612102
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777581
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777493
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 777414
from No Time to Die
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 777313
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 798102
King's Singers Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 765745
from The Sound of Music
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800775
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800656
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800638
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800547
from Something Rotten
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800371
from the Disney Channel Original Movie Descendants
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800315
Choral Exploration
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800235
from Hamilton
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800086
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799880
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799824
2-Part
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799766
Discovery Level 2
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799715
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799648
Contemporary Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799604
Medley of Hits by the Beatles
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799465
from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799462
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 799452
from Anastasia
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799442
Sacred Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799428
Sacred Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799422
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798733
Treasury Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 798536
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798506
Voices Together
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798297
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 800063
A Daily Workout for Developing Confident Choirs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Music score, online media
Item no.: 798505
from Pitch Perfect
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 634764
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 619918
De Haske Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 863103
(from Easter Parade) Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815158
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813668
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