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), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 870096
SATB
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918266
Percussion
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1154579
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041205
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125034
Canto religioso
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 671662
Bb Trumpet
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1151825
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 917980
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 855303
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815908
Full Score
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1039348
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950232
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 874293
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1153434
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609192
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126712
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1534228
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609635
2-3 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857381
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950269
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 952724
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 910628
Tambourine, Treble Instrument, Drum
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1157176
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1152412
2-3 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918277
C instrument, String Quartet - 2 Violins, Viola, Cello
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1159134
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 927430
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857163
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 866736
Lisa Fair
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950287
SATB w/opt. Percussion
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 857270
Two-Part Mixed
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918117
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 914028
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038825
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913836
2 Octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918324
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass winds, kettle drums; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 822659
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902425
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 899024
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 856576
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124506
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1559635
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1126092
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1038252
3-5 oct. w/opt. 3-4 oct. Handchimes
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 858718
Transcontinental Music Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326484
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 874526
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