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.: 1125057
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 914312
Shawnee Press
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124064
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909166
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931764
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122941
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125988
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982724
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824922
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1329033
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110117
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912612
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825228
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1109928
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123610
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328223
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 964452
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111709
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117150
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 932069
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125614
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826103
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1124885
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 826789
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1126393
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117180
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923979
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1329087
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122645
from Requiem: The Triumph of Faith
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1039053
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110197
Mark Foster
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126020
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110927
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1150482
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124075
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 906483
Mark Foster
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1126297
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126776
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 914438
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117380
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325604
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101499
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110089
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824856
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1655851
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122881
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 934816
Choral
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 1125957
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