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.
Choeur (5Vx-Mx) Et Orgue
for: Mixed choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 853069
With How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918946
Based on O Waly, Waly
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124460
A 2 - 3 - 4 - E 6 Voci Di Autori Dei Secoli Xvi Xvii Xviii
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 265077
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
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123381
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
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950178
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
S.A.B. Chorus With Keyboard Accompaniment
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625989
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950916
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919711
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124766
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950451
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950971
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 901579
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 904050
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 765851
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1005017
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1610433
A Proclamation of Hope
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124473
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
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904492
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 832080
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1039904
Southern Music
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 926745
2-3 oct. w/opt. Flute & Tambourine
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856665
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1345550
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
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901053
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 882277
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 840322
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Book
Item no.: 883950
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950015
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 925965
A Sacred Cantata based on Early American Songs
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124275
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 855516
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 855127
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122332
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1160281