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.
Voices Rising
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 765960
Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798639
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813635
Old French Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 690590
Christmas Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 878446
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126765
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126313
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122846
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169474
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965472
Novello Choral Pops
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 579218
für 5 Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
mit Anhang: 4 weihnachtliche Einlagesätze aus der 1. Fassung Es-Dur BWV 243a (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 383710
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 463842
for: Women's choir [male choir] a cappella
Item no.: 213646
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 939253
A Christmas Communion Anthem
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 939242
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 939774
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 939682
The Christmas Story in Scripture, Legend and Song
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 939543
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936662
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 936285
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936228
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 935175
For Christmas or General Use
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 935034
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934583
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934577
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935822
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 938644
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 932418
Sing We Now of Christmas - The First Noel
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 931619
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906601
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 904366
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934354
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 933754
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909823
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 908788
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 907527
Opt. Flute Duet & Percussion
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 907181
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929914
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 929544
from How the Grinch Stole Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 929024
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930884
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930677
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 924128
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 911093
from How the Grinch Stole Christmas
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 764421
Weihnachten
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 764024
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763935
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