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 (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802894
(Medley)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802395
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802134
(Songs of Woodstock Medley)
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802009
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801944
(Medley)
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801339
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801328
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801321
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801252
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798453
from The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 641127
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 638755
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 633129
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 585835
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 470379
Recorded by S Club 7
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 470327
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534433
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805090
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804676
Music of Counterpoint
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804367
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803777
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803722
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803597
Voices Rising
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802992
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 801822
Close Harmony For Men
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 765711
Choral Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 642283
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 638765
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 492233
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 469769
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815206
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815038
Teacher edition
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 813944
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 813097
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809316
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809301
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808863
Discovery Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808314
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808152
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807790
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807722
The Hits of the '50s, '60s, '70s, '80s, '90s and 2000
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807153
Discovery Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806656
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806288
2-Part
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 806218
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805716
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805667
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805369
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