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: Women's choir (3 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801440
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801365
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800944
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800767
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800720
(from Sleepless in Seattle)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800512
A Musical for Young Voices, Teacher Ed
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 799848
A Musical for Young Voices
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 798774
Discovery Level 1
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815085
Choral Highlights
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814426
London 2012 Olympic Children's Anthem
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814286
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814278
from Les Misérables the Movie
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814213
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814131
Contemporary Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813853
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813318
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813277
Jazz Chorals
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813048
from Les Misérables the Movie
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812367
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802573
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802469
Discovery Level 2
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802467
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802464
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802332
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802163
Discovery Level 2
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802154
Contemporary Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802119
Medley
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802098
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802027
Medley
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801975
Sacred Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801938
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 801898
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801888
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 801882
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801836
Medley
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801804
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (3 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801741
Act I Opening
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801563
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801561
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801553
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801513
Contemporary Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801424
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 801408
Jazz Chorals
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 801397
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801387
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801383
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 801335
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801081
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