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
Score
Item no.: 905563
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 918521
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1058538
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815939
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919315
Instrumental Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 918855
Revised Order of Mass 2010
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1155877
Három nőikar
for: Women's choir, flute
Score
Item no.: 850498
No. 2. Piping Anne and Husky Paul
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039589
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1345573
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 890318
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1160304
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1608400
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125663
Resource Recordings, Selections from Grades 1 and 2, all of Grades 3 and 4 2 CD set
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1151412
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121347
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815830
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1155931
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950746
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 885691
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038509
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1037390
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 918924
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 880738
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 899053
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 866047
Full Score
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1152762
SATB w/opt. Percussion
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919650
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 883532
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856273
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1122694
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039076
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1077797
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1193774
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038616
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950907
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 907883
African American Church Music
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158759
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1151183
1. An Hosanna Fanfare 2. Faithful Cross
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 901747
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 910073
Petőfi Sándor kérdéseire
for: Mixed choir (SSAAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850448
Harold Flammer Easter
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125175
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123616
B-flat Clarinet and Cello
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1160012
For S.A.T.B. Chorus and Keyboard
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1626016
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 926396
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