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 Medley)
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801368
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812150
Sacred Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810108
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799212
Shawnee Press
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124609
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106199
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106235
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 1193565
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124402
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315906
Small Organ Mass
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317772
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317750
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317745
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317736
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317273
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891511
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317697
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908170
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124592
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122556
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122422
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122578
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123409
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534596
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814816
from Mass in G
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811404
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 879687
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904875
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896848
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317764
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317654
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317618
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317589
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317552
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317547
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317542
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317506
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317486
Folk Song
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317479
Unacc. Simplified Arrangement
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317420
French Traditional
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317396
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317394
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317384
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317375
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317342
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317317
1. Old Arks A-Moverin', 2. Steal Awau
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317268
Choral Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317263
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