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.
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 343116
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 295995
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777989
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797787
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 606803
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814338
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 806988
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 805890
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352642
for: 3 soloists (SABar), mixed choir (SATB), children's choir, orchestra
Score (facsimile hardcover)
Item no.: 214271
from Oklahoma!
Pop Choral Series
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762085
for: Mixed choir (SMezATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 851097
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 328753
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810224
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score, Poster
Item no.: 417436
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 585742
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5003
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1643152
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1634272
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1634259
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1557214
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1535256
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532587
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 765837
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 857680
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 552653
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319328
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1156562
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318188
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318183
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 761964
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 745214
from Beauty and the Beast
ShowTrax CD
Disney Choral
for: Male choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 745120
for: Choir
3 Choir books (Hardcover)
Item no.: 822459
for: Soloist (bass), orchestra; male choir (TTBB) ad lib.
Piano reduction
Item no.: 375394
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano [harp]
Choir score
Item no.: 900305
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 895053
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 909681
Voices Rising
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1701371
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343430
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087078
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087077
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 227033
from Walt Disney Pictures Tarzan
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 487742
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 831813
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 798149
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681276
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