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.
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041316
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125898
from Trolls
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815911
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111380
Mark Foster
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825360
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325678
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916920
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1656864
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123425
Folk
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912952
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330621
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 825246
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125576
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121825
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126257
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124909
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123417
Glory Sound Celebration
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123303
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1095114
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1093257
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126031
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101606
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1324603
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123533
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1116022
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1342594
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101513
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325672
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1093552
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326189
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125415
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110410
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824991
Shawnee Sacred
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123363
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100764
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913135
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126553
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905021
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912764
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909337
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825934
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122157
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324754
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824533
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325675
Shawnee Press
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 827337
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101041
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117232
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