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.
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825052
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125925
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123233
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123083
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 366583
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812094
(from The Music Man)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801286
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810730
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807761
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892183
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920424
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124693
Shawnee Press
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 827194
Incorporates This Is My Father's World
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 827103
Opt. Handbells
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 903230
Opt. Handbells
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934702
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933710
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123287
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126389
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1124492
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122587
Methodology Chorals
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 815585
Methodology Chorals
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 641055
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106576
from Aspects of Love (ShowTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814116
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806121
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825034
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910897
Folk
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931347
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929780
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 933163
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126159
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126723
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126335
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125128
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124086
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122399
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825695
A Christmas Cantata based on a short story
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1639015
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813070
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1193541
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126450
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 887121
Opt. C-Instrument
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928808
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909569
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906181
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931559
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122582
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