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.
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341872
Hinshaw Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 899241
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341898
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 860266
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1194042
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342580
pour soprano solo & choeur mixte
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB)
Music score
Item no.: 1543947
„Verleih uns Frieden gnädig, Herr Gott, zu unsern Zeiten“
for: Soloist (soprano), women's choir (SSAA), harp, organ
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 687639
Novello Voices Show Singles
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1659857
A New Generation of Broadway
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1652432
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342783
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342873
Shawnee Press
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121304
5-7 Oct. w/opt. 3 Oct. (17) Handchimes
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855420
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342787
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1566866
Pfingstkantate
Klingende Schätze der Marienkirche Weißenfels Band 2
Chorpartitur und Stimmen auf Anfrage
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 670845
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677352
Eingangschor der Kantate BWV 61
bearbeitet für achtstimmigen Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1677109
Kanon für 5 Stimmen a cappella
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Music score, online media (app)
Item no.: 1610823
Chorbuch für gemischten Stimmen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1670915
Ps. 34:1
Psalmbuch von 1937
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 764782
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 923587
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341712
for: Male choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342742
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342633
for: Male choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342755
De Haske Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 892159
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342917
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124785
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 861570
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341896
for: Male choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342524
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123007
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1326830
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342836
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342981
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909548
for: Male choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342410
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1656752
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121344
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908962
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342852
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341961
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122062
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121340
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342395
Acht Motetten
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1658349
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