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.
Based on O Waly, Waly
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124460
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1125838
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1037881
SATB Voices, Congregation & Organ w/opt. Brass, timpani, piano and handbells
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 859512
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 855899
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1153126
Against the Grain
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1151092
Brass quartet - 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, French Horn
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1152288
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122938
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919711
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124766
3-5 oct. w/opt. 3-4 oct. Handchimes
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917887
SATB w/opt. Handbells, Brass & Timpani
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919292
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1039904
2-3 oct. w/opt. Flute & Tambourine
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856665
GIA Ars Antiqua
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1155358
from Of Faith and Freedom
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124894
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040929
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 855516
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 855127
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1160281
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126546
3-Part Mixed
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856817
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1157130
Two-Part Mixed
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856316
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 919251
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919464
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1149509
für Männerchor a cappella
Chorpartitur
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1610541
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918551
4-Hand Piano Part
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856298
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1041563
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856613
3-4 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856439
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 822539
SATB w/opt. Piano/4-hand
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 855532
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 859916
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1040789
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039452
2nd Handbell Choir, Brass, Choral, Handbells, Handchimes, Keyboard, Organ, Voices
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856260
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 855307
3-5 Oct. w/opt. 3 Oct. (18) Handchimes & Bongos
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1059347
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1040183
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1076866
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1159838
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124121
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167325
Hebrew 12:10-11, John 16:33, Romans 8:31
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1059104
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