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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124572
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857223
Poema tragico in tre atti
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778093
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 951228
Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1057653
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 913052
Brass quartet and timpani, full score
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1155472
A Mock-Opera
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (facsimile)
Item no.: 930336
Vidáman játszva űzzük a bút
Részlet a "Szent Erzsébet legendá"-ból
for: Children's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 850854
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 905359
(from Summer Sun, Winter Moon)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897590
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126226
SATB w/opt. Brass
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 859000
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105457
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 905307
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1150951
Volume 2: SAB and 2-part
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1159984
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855630
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 875266
Daybreak Easter Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1167326
Southern Music
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 928201
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815880
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1041421
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 860373
3-4 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857364
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1095049
Glory Sound Celebration
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125948
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1158461
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125901
4-6 oct. w/opt. Percussion
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857232
2-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918052
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 904831
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609641
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121285
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123843
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918629
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 864781
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 910865
Two Part Any Combination
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855604
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123926
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124586
4-Hand Score
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 857167
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 904914
In dulci jubilo
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1037360
Konzertwerk
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 908112
Régi mesterek vegyeskarai 4
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850341
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 912361
Epitaph
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850908
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