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.
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 643756
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 677151
Traditional Appalachian Song
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 984686
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1125017
incorporating America, the Beautiful and My Country, 'Tis of Thee
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123536
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 827401
Harold Flammer Easter
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826719
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824638
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824470
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534509
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 895907
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824659
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 823204
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1656848
Glory Sound Celebration
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126281
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124502
Theme from Beethoven's Pathetique
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124362
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124303
(SSA)
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 933691
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826152
Traditional Irish Folk Song
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824949
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123183
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826740
with Ezek'el Saw de Wheel, Dry Bones, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824998
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897489
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962075
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 900362
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB)
Score
Item no.: 897933
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 895599
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 890211
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 876581
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1017717
Tonic Sol-Fa
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 780714
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 964762
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1160150
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913263
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908808
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 908430
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826134
De Haske Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 863394
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 924144
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913749
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1559481
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324527
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324473
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964779
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 982977
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985218
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