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.
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1058374
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1057076
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1058284
A Celtic Christmas Celebration
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1126471
A Fun-Filled One Act Musical Play
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 823695
Discovery Plus Band Series
A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 581366
Shawnee Press
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1124286
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1656841
Chamber Orchestra Score for SATB
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1168412
Gentry Publications
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1001810
Medley
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807637
Flute, Oboe, String Quintet - 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Bass, Harp/Piano and Organ
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1158792
Harold Flammer Easter
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1126581
Harold Flammer Easter
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1126216
Harold Flammer Easter
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123512
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1058237
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1057633
for Chorus and Orchestra
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 885181
2 Oboes, 2 Bb Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, 2 Trumpets, 3 Trombones, 2 Horns in F and Timpani
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1156193
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1656141
Shawnee Press
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123740
RehearsalTrax Pak
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1123494
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1057564
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1057472
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1057127
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 903823
from Broadway's Longest Running Shows
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810176
Medley for Band and optional Choir
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 673397
for Soprano, Tenor, Boys Choir and Chamber Orchestra
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 875620
with Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 674254
A Christmas Jubilee
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 823550
Shawnee Press
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1125620
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1125822
Brass, Organ and Percussion Parts a
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1057814
Harold Flammer Easter
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 825757
Perfect for light holiday occasions
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 673408
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1057787
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122798
Christmas Cantata
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123428
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1056994
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1058062
A Practical Approach to Teaching Pitch and Rhythm
for: School class
Set of parts
Item no.: 806570
Pavane Choral
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1168904
Pavane Choral
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1168868
Opéra en 3 actes et 8 tableaux
Réduction par Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1666983
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815183
RehearsalTrax CDs
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1125035
A Sacred Cantata based on Early American Songs
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1123953