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.
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 395444
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803543
Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319342
Tudor Church Music
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 346356
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892935
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125280
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125040
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125369
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1656679
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826134
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 363443
SATB Response Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 933250
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 900996
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 900967
Jazz
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 907754
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122352
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122526
Choral Library
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807609
It's in His Kiss
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811595
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808050
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897001
Hardback
for: Choir
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 862908
Feierliche Musik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 867567
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 984046
Shawnee Press
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1123992
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125860
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 935262
Opt. C-Instrument
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 937003
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936245
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 555985
Incorporating Go! Tell It on the Mountain
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 938350
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1122247
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1122378
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122367
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123231
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123936
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124253
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122589
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319324
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928536
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928291
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 927905
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 924179
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 899440
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 863950
Your Favorite Classics
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 894750
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 889997
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534459
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