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.
Music Express Books
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 182307
Goodnight My Angel
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815262
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814834
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813538
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812872
from Pretty Woman
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 798312
Disney Choral
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797729
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 761898
(The River Sleeps Beneath the Sky)
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 746361
(Featured in Cars)
VoiceTrax
Discovery Level 2
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 746357
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 746353
(from Elena Of Avalor)
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 746348
from Mary Poppins Returns
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 745713
(From Dear Evan Hansen)
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 745665
(from Mary Poppins Returns)
Discovery Level 3
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 745581
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 745558
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 745547
(from Les Misérables)
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 745371
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 745213
from Matilda the Musical
Broadway Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 745164
from Beauty and the Beast
Disney Choral
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Score
Item no.: 745118
Voices Together
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 745106
(Choral Highlights)
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 745101
(Choral Highlights)
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 745100
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 745043
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 744971
from Coco
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 744948
from On the Shoulders of Giants
Festival Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 697628
ShowTrax CD
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 697256
Disney Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 695400
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 692157
More Flexible Favorites for Unison and Part-Singing Fun
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 799491
Medley
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 798125
Choral Explorations Jazz Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 798075
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 683942
Paperback Songs
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 811195
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 798103
Building Character and Self Esteem One Step at a Time
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 812503
Methodology Chorals
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 806768
from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part I
Contemporary Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 777991
from Cats
Broadway Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 765911
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802050
(from "Brave")
Disney Choral Series
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 798119
A Collection of Popular Hits for Classroom Instruments, Guitar, Ukulele, Orff and Keyboard
for: School class
Bücher-Set
Item no.: 798568
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965577
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965542
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1167558
Flexible Favorites for Unison and Part-Singing Fun!
for: School class
Score, Parts, CD
Item no.: 807165
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