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.
Rehearsal CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1326982
The Sunday Singer
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167675
The Sunday Singer
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167596
World Music Drumming
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815522
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813432
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813310
Treasury Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813098
Jazz Chorals
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811769
Disney Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811120
He Is Born
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810816
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810725
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809448
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809305
Jazz Chorals
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807968
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804787
from Guys and Dolls
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803906
Discovery Plus Band Series
A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 581366
from Coronation Anthem, No. 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815526
(Choral Selections)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815061
Discovery Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814777
That's Love
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814720
Hello, Friend
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814244
Discovery Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811553
(from Sleepless in Seattle) Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810768
Youth Sing Out (Choral)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810541
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126589
Shawnee Press
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126149
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125734
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125506
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125447
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124903
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124877
(StudioTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124579
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124417
Method Book Three - Textbook
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 1124263
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124193
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123933
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123770
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807180
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806767
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806391
(ShowTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806128
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806068
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805942
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804015
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 641860
(ShowTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 227577
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807123
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