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.
From Next to Normal
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 846932
Alfred Today's Pop
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
CD
Item no.: 846929
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 846926
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 846910
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 846831
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 848451
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 846650
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 846454
Choral Highlights
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 763109
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 763076
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 763069
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 763032
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 763026
Pop und Rock
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 763001
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762981
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762929
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762925
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762923
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762840
SoundTrax CD
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762507
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 841593
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 849269
Psalm 96,1-2
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751947
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 844891
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 844884
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 844728
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 844083
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843990
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 842803
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 842636
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843652
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843611
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843593
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843523
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843517
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843509
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843408
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 844211
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 842609
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 842608
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 842237
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 842194
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 842176
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 842175
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 842133
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 846059
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 845906
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 845238
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