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.
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 682559
Eric Whitacre Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 680088
for mixed chorus
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 679951
Developing the Creative Brain in the 21st Century
for: School class
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 874568
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815357
from the Musical "Hair"
Alfred Pop Choral
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 488812
Tp186
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962200
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 315522
Anthems By Tallis, Sheppard And Contemporaries
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 298265
Novello Choral Pops
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1353601
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100923
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982783
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 862393
Harmonia-Popular Music (lichte muziek)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 924166
Harmonia-Popular Music (lichte muziek)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913940
New Novello Choral Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 902790
Oratorio for 4 Soli, Choir and Orchestra HWV 56
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Conductor score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 379043
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 278407
for two-part Choir and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 679769
for Mixed Choir (SSAB) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 679689
for two-part Choir, optional Flute and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 679666
for Mixed Choir (SABar) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 679657
for mixed choir (SATB) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 679639
Alfred Pop Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678451
Alfred Classic Pop
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678449
Alfred Pop Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), guitar, cello
Choir score
Item no.: 678448
Go, Tell It on the Mountain
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678430
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678415
Traditional Spanish Carol
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), percussion
Choir score
Item no.: 678414
Todos Quieren la Banana ? All the Nations Like Bananas
Nicaraguan Folk Song
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678408
Alfred Choral Design
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678396
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678394
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678335
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 662721
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 662717
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 662687
from Judas Maccabaeus
Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 566046
for 2-part chorus and piano (trumpet ad lib)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano; trumpet ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 564895
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087125
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087120
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 692978
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 692977
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano; trumpet, snare drum ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 692939
Alfred Choral Design
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 690920
from the Musical "Catch Me If You Can"
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 765783
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745748
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [youth concert band/ youth string orchestra/ youth symphony orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 697430
Oper in 4 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 696688
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