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.
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1159128
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124164
incorporating Toyland & Christmas Was Meant for Children
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123582
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122681
A Carol Suite
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1156574
SATB Voices and Optional Handbells (7)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1153797
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass winds, kettle drums, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 694856
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815971
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 918590
Now, all good folk, rejoice
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040926
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 692156
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1151417
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169391
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085785
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077805
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124312
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 672186
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1117550
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856910
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 860247
Sacred Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 816057
aus: Florilegium Portense, herausgegeben von Erhard Bodenschatz (1576–1636)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 3549
Maritimes Weihnachtslied
for: Male choir, piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1558461
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1657380
(Main Title)
Symphony Pops
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1566850
aus: Ecclesiodiae novae, Straßburg 1625
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 658776
für Soli, gemischten Chor und Orchester
Horn 1/2 in F
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Performance score french horns in F
Item no.: 671136
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038514
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122700
Medley
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 817861
Choral
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1124101
for: Women's choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 418596
Six Christmas Songs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 762657
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124700
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965257
Stille Nacht! Heilige Nacht!
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1157558
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1651261
Eine Weihnachtslegende
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 663883
Krippenspiel
for: Soloists, children's choir, piano [band]
Piano score
Item no.: 406426
Weihnachts-Calypso
for: Audience, mixed choir (6 voices), band; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 691650
Weihnachtssingspiel ab 3 Jahre
Neue Lieder und Spiellieder zur Advents- und Weihnachtszeit - Text- und Notenausgabe
for: Children's choir, piano [guitar]
Songbook
Item no.: 191222
Neue Geistliche Lieder zum Evangelischen Gesangbuch
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 189261
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 476421
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 181925
Text- und Notenausgabe zum Kindersingspiel
for: Children's choir
Songbook
Item no.: 181627
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 551219
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 223295
Basic Band II
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 297311
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