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.: 934245
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929567
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 929544
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 444096
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125404
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124415
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 807883
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 319242
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 729221
Southern Music
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 924718
Choral
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820751
Southern Music
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 925642
Piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908177
Keyboard and Opt. Flute
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907020
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931911
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 903240
with Everybody Rejoice
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929438
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 929275
Grant Us Thy Salvation
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 928632
Acc. CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 900183
Kantate
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900024
Opt. C-Instrument
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 933051
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930479
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 940561
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802689
Based upon the hymn tune Tempus adest floridum
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 934846
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 936552
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 936194
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 934271
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 935742
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 849249
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920532
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891336
Expressive Art (Choral)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812565
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804671
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 245740
Choral
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 461817
Discovery Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809204
Mark Foster
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1124622
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 936762
from Sister Act 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 294634
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319289
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803734
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 361419
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 372482
All Creatures of Our God and King
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803673
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826535
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122333
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