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 (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 768108
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 766512
from Frozen II
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 696946
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777430
Eric Whitacre Choral
Shadow Water Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 697614
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777767
from Frozen: The Broadway Musical
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 746244
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745763
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 343580
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 229455
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 466543
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 366253
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 194338
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 375361
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 229034
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 145141
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985780
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 803111
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 487538
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 481275
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 461947
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 689509
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 143876
for: Children's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 663230
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 663226
Gospelsong (Lob und Dank)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 753479
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1163254
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317708
for: School class
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 862315
Five simple and singable Gospel Favourites for two-part young choirs and piano
for: Children's choir (2 voices), piano
Piano score, online audio (playback)
Item no.: 468235
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 638783
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 373736
Gospelsong (Lob und Dank)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 744585
"Wiege dich, meine Seele, in Abrahams Schoß"; Spiritual; Text nach Luk. 16, 19-25 (Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 744584
Gospelsong (Vertrauen und Hoffnung)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730181
Spiritual; Text: Ps 102,17 (Lob und Dank)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730179
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Piano reductions
Item no.: 696721
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 798757
for: Children's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 770307
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 154106
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; percussion ad lib.
Parts (2)
Item no.: 1343137
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 558216
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 660648
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 154218
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1664383
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549935
Cantata for Reformation Day
Scripture Ps 84
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233293
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 465163
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