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.
Contemporary Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811843
Contemporary Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808745
Contemporary Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 281841
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1022911
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1017365
with Addams Groove
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814570
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813899
from The Phantom of the Opera
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813629
Festival Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 802866
Every Story is a Love Story - Fortune Favors the Brave
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534465
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1022907
(from The Pajama Game)
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1019399
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
CD
Item no.: 815575
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815231
from Hairspray
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813758
Discovery Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812770
Broadway Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 809541
(ShowTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808859
from The Civil War: An American Musical
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808292
from You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806503
Youth Sing Out (Choral)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811729
Youth Sing Out (Choral)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805921
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810079
Discovery Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805024
Discovery Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804224
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800141
Women's
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1022442
Sab A Capp Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 641773
(from Footloose)
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1018960
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811141
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808555
Discovery Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814545
from Elijah
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806276
"Dich preist, Allmächtiger"
LoWV 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1690404
aus dem Oratorium "Der Messias" (1741)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1552415
Edizioni del Centro Studi Amilcare Ponchielli Vol. 1
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1163999
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Buch
Item no.: 1042992
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 836766
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 835286
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 835285
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 835279
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 835212
3 Hymnic Dispositions
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 835725
No. 5 Annabel Lee
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 897939
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 868475
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 927259
Ehre Sei Gott in der Höhe
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804743
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804408
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