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.
Oper/Operette
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 258342
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125168
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122564
Hal Leonard Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 262204
Per Coro E Orchestra - Partitura
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 259094
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 258349
Sec.Xvi
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 257641
3-Part Mixed
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803996
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814026
Partitura in facsimile - Ed. Morelli, Walker
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 259920
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1108003
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1107909
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126706
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810341
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125604
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1122266
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826168
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122474
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126789
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1107826
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124712
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 295672
Partitura in facsimile / Ed. Conati
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 259922
Klassik
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 258171
Armonio - Bassi
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 258169
A 2 Voci Pari Con Organo - Bassi
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 258166
Oper/Operette
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1548163
riduzione per canto e pianoforte
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 388466
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1107863
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1108010
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1107923
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1107875
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 827261
Oper/Operette
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 257492
Chorus Part
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 408882
Partitura in facsimile - Ed. Mamy
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 259921
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534494
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125532
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804003
Methodology Chorals
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 642192
Christmas Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 894167
Christmas Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 872161
For Early Childhood
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 896252
Paperback
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 892718
Piccola Cantata, Per Voci E Pianoforte
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 258472
Oper/Operette
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 258407
Messe
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 258153
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 257643
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