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.
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123553
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122255
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123908
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123825
from Judas Maccabaeus
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824832
Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319294
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 471300
op. 77
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 106303
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812797
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 329655
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 469908
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893473
Movement and Activity Songs for Kids
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 811542
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804593
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803945
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807208
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814915
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 888861
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings
Score
Item no.: 888616
Opt. 2 Flutes
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 934441
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936524
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936395
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 935924
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 937600
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 932656
Opt. Flute
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 934965
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 929347
Opt. Acc.
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 929040
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 929027
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 909064
Choral
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809987
Hal Leonard Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 808307
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807322
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 490132
(from Meredith Willson's The Music Man)
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802166
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804911
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800597
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123185
Shawnee Press
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 1126660
Accompaniment and Performance CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1126625
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 615771
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123446
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 825469
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124125
Musik aus Estland
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 631942
für Chor (SATB) und Orchester
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 160172
(liturgisch)op. 147
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 161134
5. Alles ist nicht Gold, was gleißt - 6. Komm herbei, Tod
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 563294
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