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.
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117319
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911923
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101228
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111676
Shawnee Press
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124248
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824959
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913108
Tp252
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105521
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924371
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924260
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324434
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324630
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124966
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1038350
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330341
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324658
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040004
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117379
Eugene Rogers Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815810
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121584
Introit Hymn for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1155058
for: Male choir
OTHER
Item no.: 1342411
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125975
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911945
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912230
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111342
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110074
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110789
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123665
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330417
Klassik
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110422
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911820
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123391
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100891
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 983039
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325805
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1329071
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124099
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 925856
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125254
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912097
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123070
Shawnee Sacred
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123179
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122855
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 923824
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125923
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110088
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1037801
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