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.
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
from Nabucco
Oxford Choral Classics Octavos
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 342927
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
for: Mixed choir (3–6 parts) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 123428
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
Never shall we see him
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano 4 hands [orchestra]
Piano score
Item no.: 765593
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 744959
from 'Da Vinci Requiem'
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 691677
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
Choir score
Item no.: 806173
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803176
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798443
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 469917
Broadway Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 430514
(On the Glory Train)
Concert Festival
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 376112
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 319788
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
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 815389
Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814601
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813463
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
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808388
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 808744
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811138
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806787
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806248
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 805547
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805470
(ShowTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812991
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807270
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 806193
Discovery Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804784
Discovery Jazz Series
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 656203
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798405
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 630036
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