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.
Come Along
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950808
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126144
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850898
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1037349
Novello Part-Song Book
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 886283
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1566510
Instrumental parts version 2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1039318
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125704
Solo Trumpet in Bb or C, Brass Quartet in Bb or C
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1152663
String Quartet: Violin 1 and 2, Viola, Cello
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1160398
Moetet for equal voices
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 683401
Pop Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532526
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850958
aus der „Weihnachtsmesse“ (Nr. 8)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm section [piano]
Score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8056
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 899182
Hinshaw Secular
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1057231
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822661
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918077
for: Choir
Score, CD
Item no.: 854978
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101190
Optional Organ
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1155715
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 899644
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1341706
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 909505
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122724
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950096
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 889945
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1093667
for: Choir (one voice), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1632017
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123543
Violin part
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1157088
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 884819
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 863629
Jazz
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1535461
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 907596
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 855342
2-3 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857414
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918870
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038201
Trumpet in Bb
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1159518
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 902505
Klassik
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 883416
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 851046
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901261
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 899212
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1160215
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039907
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 926101
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