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.
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 323242
Show Trax
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 319248
Nr. 3 My spirit sang all day
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 910550
Music Express Books
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 805340
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 (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534544
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
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 492745
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534480
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
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106587
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
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 839656
Adventure Story and Songs
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 804221
Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319260
Groovin' Styles for Classroom Instruments
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 800130
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
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 840801
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 839684
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.: 577469
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
An International Holiday Celebration
for: School class
Score, Parts, CD
Item no.: 806796
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
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 469917
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 319788
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 474710
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 187121
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106558
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