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.
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919562
Richmond Music Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1541648
Der Gang zum Liebchen Op. 31/3
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1037585
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122177
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041721
(New Edition)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122077
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1156934
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123741
3 Octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919482
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 895884
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 857388
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856285
Medley
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815921
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1095148
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1005256
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1617063
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 951428
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950698
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1037918
for: Children's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850781
From "Three Dunbar Hymns"
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625939
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 918549
SATB w/opt. Brass, Organ & Timpani
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918702
Klassik
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 871849
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 909065
for: Mixed choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1053318
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950762
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 855830
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 919793
Given for us
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039835
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609625
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 902451
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 899669
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609229
Two Part Chorus and Piano, Sa, Tb, Sb Or Satb
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625676
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950985
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 815918
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918506
für SSA und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1610111
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850861
GIA Celebration Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1155603
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1193664
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 882582
Motetta
for: Mixed choir (SATB), oboe
Score
Item no.: 850508
Welsh
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 951039
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867962
from the opera "Tannhäuser"
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 665937
Handbell Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 855881
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