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.: 826779
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 825545
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825100
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 825061
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1085291
Hinshaw Concert
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1058177
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085405
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1058004
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1057846
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1057455
Voices Rising/Concert Pop
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1654696
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923536
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124851
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124461
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826626
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 487855
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100904
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 923977
Violin 1
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 915918
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913709
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111607
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111004
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110330
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110160
for mixed chorus and organ
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 368514
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 808372
Voices Rising
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 642182
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100782
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815890
(from Moulin Rouge)
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 768138
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 816379
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 292870
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799643
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801543
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1153518
From: Newsies
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1192598
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809385
Voices Rising
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 808804
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803427
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803091
LKM Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 877453
Contemporary Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806575
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801735
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814359
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 813299
Give Me Your Hand, Menina
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809919
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809879
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801794
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