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.
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122392
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811945
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804017
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 883054
Choir Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 890269
Choir Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 892540
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 925453
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 870887
Your Favorite Classics
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 890849
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1125882
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1194304
Oxford Tudor Church Music
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920285
Festival Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812598
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 300143
It's in His Kiss
as featured in the movie "Mermaids"
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 334918
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801554
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810378
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 938795
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 940521
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 941793
Contemporary Settings of Holiday Favorites
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Book
Item no.: 910476
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 927994
Opt. Flute
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934685
Incorporating the hymn tune Jesus Loves Me
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 929018
No. 1 of Two Hymns of Praise
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 275152
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 800372
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800213
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123809
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123066
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812856
Musica Sacra
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 889142
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 874560
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123124
Mark Foster
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825388
Feierliche Musik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 891845
Your Favorite Classics
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 863778
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 894741
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124187
A Choral Revue
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810346
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 462402
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911963
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930043
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936007
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935066
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 933871
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811202
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812384
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 810481
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