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 (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843487
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843473
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 845031
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 844905
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 844726
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 844717
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 844603
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 844597
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 845788
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 845761
for: School class
Score, Parts
Item no.: 845453
"Soomer is i-coomen in"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 354701
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913976
Drei geistl. Motetten
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 306968
Blaetter Fuer Gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 184585
Urtext based on the new Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 225081
For Equal Voices SSAA And Piano
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 643703
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1173369
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916262
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825955
From Joy To The World
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 999951
Hob. XXIIIc:4a-d
for: Choir, orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 401280
from Rocketman
Pop Choral Series
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 778182
(from Aladdin)
ShowTrax CD
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 697642
ShowTrax CD
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 697345
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001954
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001918
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001889
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001887
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001812
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001737
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001716
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001578
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001564
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001535
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1001480
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810032
(ShowTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1534569
Integrity Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1330701
(Accompaniment CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1330662
10 CD'S
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1001575
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814469
from the opera Rinaldo
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814147
Jazz Chorals
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812382
I Will Sing, You Will Sing
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812020
from Trilogy of Dreams
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810807
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808408
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