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: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746048
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746047
A Partner Song with the Traditional French Carol
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (2 voices), piano; hand drum, finger cymbals ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 746023
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746018
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745967
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745955
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745947
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 964731
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678432
for: Mixed choir (SSAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1672715
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 929427
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1056923
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 378126
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 245209
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169589
Traditional English Round for two-part choir / SSA and piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 679909
Traditional English Round for mixed choir (SATB) and piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 679907
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 489659
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 492230
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551672
for: School class
Choir score
Item no.: 812821
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813298
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813192
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 813558
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 677151
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 342608
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 342320
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532613
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1026871
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 744977
Traditional Dutch Carol
Sacred Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 697587
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 692133
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 690731
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777744
for: Children's choir (2 parts), piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 805893
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807267
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807009
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804217
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812420
The Carol Arrangements of David Chase
Judith Clurman Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1566864
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746081
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800145
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 948284
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746037
Ar Hyd y Nos
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732581
(Denmark)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726410
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 768042
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809873
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