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.
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812140
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811797
Discovery Level 2
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811582
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811579
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811207
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811095
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808249
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807566
Choral Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807007
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808672
New Horizons
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 628268
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 864566
Oxford Christmas Carols
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 920840
Oxford Christmas Carols
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920417
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920232
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804896
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804248
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804241
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804012
(Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802305
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 798600
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807774
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807318
Choral Medley
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806550
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804312
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803635
with We Wish You a Merry Christmas
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803178
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802702
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802237
(Medley)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801689
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 617696
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 617614
Words from the Church of Ireland Book of Common Prayer (adapted)
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 556212
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814683
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813591
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813415
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809682
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807519
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809044
Discovery Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806954
A Christmas Musical Drama
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Book
Item no.: 939803
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 939506
A Carol Service
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 939066
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 939057
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1020716
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 940171
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 940141
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 939989
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