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.
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1151244
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918329
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1621360
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101301
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850283
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1059420
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1058017
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124664
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 888833
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902446
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850474
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039718
Népdalkórusok
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822717
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1162505
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123031
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1058477
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122115
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1156926
incorporating Sippin' Cider & Little Liza Jane
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125167
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 928753
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1039149
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 925459
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123909
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 856080
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041552
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1077030
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1039372
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 913320
Hinshaw Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1058319
African American Church Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1156118
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919414
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125445
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122071
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1530451
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815943
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908975
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 884310
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1078055
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1040742
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850308
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1610231
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101085
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964610
Juhász Gyula Tájkép c. versére
for: Mixed choir (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 850794
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1151232
from We Were There
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126394
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121151
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