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 ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1078208
for: Choir
Item no.: 550655
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 291077
Shawnee Press
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 823274
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815957
Jazz Chorals
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815903
De Haske Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862910
Songs of the Beatles in Concert
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806183
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342754
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1156832
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556297
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1093220
(Psalm 23)
Rejoice: Honoring the Jewish Spirit
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777687
for SAB and Piano
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 635251
Andrea Ramsey Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777951
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 158913
from Tootsie
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 776673
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 690701
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 290695
Unison
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Music score
Item no.: 320343
Choral Exploration
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777758
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777576
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777549
Treasury Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777530
Discovery Level 2
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777477
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 777472
Discovery Level 1
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777455
(I Hear The Windmill)
Discovery Level 1
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 777446
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777384
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777316
from Miss Americana
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777307
(No. 2 from Appalachian Stories)
Judith Clurman Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); violin ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 768121
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 768112
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 768075
from Frozen 2
Disney Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 766166
Theme from Let There Be Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121129
From Angel of Light
Dale Warland Choral Series
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB divisi)
Choir score
Item no.: 1557329
The emotional impact of John Lennon's classic is most timely in today's world. An expressive setting.
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 365143
Reggae for a cappella SATB voices
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 211226
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 366780
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824300
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085420
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085415
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1085364
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085284
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1057397
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1057436
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777488
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