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.: 1039648
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122349
An Early-American Christmas Hymn
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1150699
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101748
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923737
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 903892
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1153102
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 909589
Mark Foster
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824917
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124752
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100749
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 914665
with Immortal, Invisible
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824512
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985945
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117408
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1116760
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125023
Ashdown Vocal Duets
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962321
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908321
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110686
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1039109
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 823730
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1329035
Classics for Children Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123673
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124888
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1076909
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1635242
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324742
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824810
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122944
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931433
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125780
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124619
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123836
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123404
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122864
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122810
für Männerchor und Klavier
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 212663
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001380
A song recorded by American country music artist Patsy Cline, Everest label 1957
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 641548
with Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 826191
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985425
(from All Is Well)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122927
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 860224
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 647568
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 646749
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 645135
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1656672
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