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.
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325780
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126113
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982714
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 914360
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900070
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330433
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 915837
Mark Foster
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1124117
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111600
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912461
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125280
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328237
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125248
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100701
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100554
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985037
Mark Foster
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1126656
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923787
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923998
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1319699
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126708
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 874742
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325643
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825982
2 B-flat Trumpets
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158660
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 878275
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 889277
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912735
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 873233
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; flute ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 497940
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122957
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117260
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 903694
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 905779
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 914509
Incorporating Jesus Loves Me
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125786
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1037337
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125495
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126575
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 910664
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 914374
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907904
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103466
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556532
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 876686
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 916677
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 895213
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 935115
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