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.
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 859857
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 859695
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 983004
from The Roar of the Greasepaint - The Smell of the Crowd
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 641111
2 C Instruments
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1160448
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1158801
Flute- Oboe or Bb Clarinet
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1157640
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1157100
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1156884
GIA Ars Antiqua
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1150890
2-3 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919176
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919122
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918366
3-5 Oct. w/opt. 3-5 Oct. Handchimes
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917907
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917799
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1077234
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905838
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124349
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123593
Gospel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, guitar, double bass [bass guitar], percussion
Score, choir score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1580
3-5 Oct. w/opt. 3 Oct. Handchimes
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918041
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1038623
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1057766
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1037543
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169438
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 762980
SATB a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919418
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124861
SATB w/opt. Rhythm
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 857183
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039136
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919526
Edition Schott
for: Children's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 793679
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123295
for: Children's choir (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 767354
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815927
SATB w/opt. Violin & C Instrument (included)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918635
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856643
Folk
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913491
In Festo Nativitatis Domini
Sacrae Cantiones, 1590
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4411
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125601
SATB w/opt. 8 Handbells, Flute, Oboe & Cello
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918735
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1156035
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 856432
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126829
Harp
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1156514
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919516
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1094713
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1151251
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