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.
Opera in three Acts
Brno Version
Complete Critical Edition of the Works of Leoš Janácek A/9
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745794
Oper in 3 Akten
Neue Dirigierpartituren-Reihe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 696415
Choruses from "The Death of Klinghoffer"
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 817516
Hector Berlioz. New Edition of the Complete Works (NBE) 12
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 875409
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 680485
Lyric Collection of Choral Music
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964725
Music Express Books
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 799628
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807270
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799999
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799223
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 643050
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 483334
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 337956
Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814601
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 812486
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812223
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 805547
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806787
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807893
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807245
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813463
Adventure Story and Songs
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 804221
Jazzmesse für gemischten Chor SATB und Klavier (Jazztrio ad lib.)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 659354
Acht Chorstücke und Chorarrangements für gemischte Stimmen SATB a cappella
mit Klavierstimme zu Übungszwecken
Helbling Choral Collections
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 658686
Songbook
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Songbook
Item no.: 499085
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1031264
(To a Heart That's True)
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1658999
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812194
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810219
Learn Basic Concepts Through Song
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 810023
An Introduction to World Music Drumming
for: School class
Score, Parts, CD
Item no.: 808085
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803176
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 374033
King's Singer's Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807071
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 319788
Cantata for the 12th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233825
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101610
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1317911
Choral Mash-up from Glee
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798780
for: Women's choir (2–3 parts), organ [piano, double bass/ bass guitar]; male voice ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 775992
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 586677
Choral Collection
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 1654347
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 983083
from The Pajama Game
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533155
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820737
für Männerchor
for: Male choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 418581
Gospel auf neuen Wegen
for: Mixed choir (SMezAB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 456404
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 687180
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