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.
"Herr, schicke, was du willst"
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204949
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204955
Threnos in zwei Teilen nach der Orestie des Aischylos
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 199279
Musikdrama in 2 Akten nach dem Roman "Gogo No Eiko" (Der Seemann, der die See verriet)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 199266
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1639791
aus dem Toskanischen
for: 4 voices (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1546448
aus dem Toskanischen
for: 4 voices (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1545772
aus dem Toskanischen
for: 4 voices (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1545774
1. Ach, ihr Berg und tiefe Tal / 2. Abschied
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204945
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204947
2. Nachtzauber: "Hörst du nicht die Quellen gehen"
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204933
1. Elfe: "Bleib bei uns, wir haben den Tanzplan im Tal"
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204931
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 473569
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936507
Opt. Flute
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 937217
Nous Voyons Que Les Hommes
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 905104
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934357
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 908788
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928918
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930920
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 940653
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125327
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125102
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123327
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123121
Shawnee Press
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1123116
Mark Foster
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 827421
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124893
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122653
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892030
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889475
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 628279
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803809
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1021100
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 925561
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 926552
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 900945
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 937112
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 937075
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936900
InstruTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936804
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 937257
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934547
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934338
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 935695
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 935431
Latin
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 848581
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123368
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