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.
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 374755
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125081
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1123545
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122431
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122567
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 926874
ShowTrax CD
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
CD
Item no.: 641064
Christmas Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 891463
SATB, piano 4 hands
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano 4 hands
Choir score
Item no.: 815469
Treasury Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 807750
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809166
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 258038
Messe
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 207370
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1107889
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1107977
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1107882
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1126393
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 388450
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 388449
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929829
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123696
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122330
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 826727
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123457
Christmas Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 875357
Christmas Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 877929
Per Coro Misto E Organo
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 258941
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 258727
Klassik
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 258172
A 4 Voci Miste Con Organo
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 258164
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 925294
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 798288
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805315
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319255
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1107919
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1107903
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1107936
"Die Schatten nachts umwerben still die Stunde"GeWV 35
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204712
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 367240
Pour Choeur Mixte A Cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 107210
for SATB, String Orchestra and Organ
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1107839
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125858
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1126758
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125724
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 924973
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812884
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 814121
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 258728
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