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: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 858630
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1107972
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918079
MUSIC FOR FIRST COMMUNION
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1152471
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1155742
Two-Part
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 860382
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 918344
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 913348
String Quartet - 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, 2 C Instruments
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1154462
Revised Order of Mass 2010
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1157306
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982630
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1159192
Studienpartitur mit kritischem Kommentar
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Study score
Item no.: 675855
2-3 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857391
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1038068
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1041709
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123717
GIA Celebration Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1152363
Folk
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982635
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125896
Oratorio
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Pocket book
Item no.: 1343731
Guitar
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1156717
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1150609
String Quartet - 2 Violins, Viola, Cello
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1157440
SATB w/opt. Flute, Harp & Cello
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 857468
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919623
2. Das Mädchen wollt' ein Freier haben (Ostpreußen)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742672
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1041333
New Josquin Edition 4
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 769386
String Quartet
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1159861
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1037345
String Quartet - 2 Violins, Viola, Cello
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1152764
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1040507
3-6 oct.
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856735
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1038961
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1040852
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815963
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 938606
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101521
GIA Celebration Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1151815
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 919666
3-4 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918062
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038536
SATB w/opt. Cello
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918728
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1093874
Shawnee Press Cathedral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123790
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919384
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