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.
New Horizons
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 485903
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 690182
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 687726
for young male chorus (with cambiata voices) and piano (simplified)
Emerging Voices
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 682683
for female chorus and piano
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 680002
for SATB (with divisions) and piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 679476
for SATB double choir unaccompanied
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 679415
for mixed chorus and small orchestra
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 661384
Music Express Choral
for: School class
Choir score
Item no.: 814258
Learn Basic Concepts Through Song
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 810023
from "Four American Folk Hymns"
Oxford Church Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 462410
Oxford Anthems
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 460545
Oxford Anthems
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 460495
Words from Psalm 100
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 373734
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano; double bass ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 363613
Old Hungarian dancing song
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 899327
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1655236
A Guide for Music Teachers and Choral Conductors (Hardback)
for: Choir
Buch Gebunden
Item no.: 1643130
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
Music Express Books
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 805340
Music Express Choral
for: School class
Choir score
Item no.: 804419
Whole-Group Games and Activities
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 804385
Songs for Peace and Harmony
for: School class
Set of parts
Item no.: 802806
Music Express Books
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 799628
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1684813
from Schmigadoon!
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672638
Voices in Harmony
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1653900
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1566937
Sacred Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1562540
Discovery Level 2
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532404
for female chorus (SSA) and piano
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1651589
Cantata for the Feast of Ascension
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 621648
Modern A Capella
for: 2 mixed choirs (SMezATB/SMezATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 618720
Opéra en trois actes
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 428268
Developing the Creative Brain in the 21st Century
for: School class
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 874581
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 866077
Feierliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 920801
Oxford New Horizons
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 148130
Bosse Hits a cappella (BHAC)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1636260
John Rutter Anniversary Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 648090
for solo voice, mixed chorus, flute and keyboard (guitar)
choral songs
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), flute, keyboard [guitar]; chamber orchestra ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 647754
for mixed chorus SATB a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 631595
for unison and/or SATB choir and organ
Congregational part (pack of 10 copies)
Church Music Society
for: Choir (one voice), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 628324
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ/orchestra]
Piano score
Item no.: 628284
for mixed chorus, children's chorus and small orchestra vocal score
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 620474
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1343121
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1192902
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