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.
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815793
Votive Antiphons
Early English Church Music 25
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 768894
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 897252
Judith Clurman Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 896658
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 887046
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341888
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341780
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 860802
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Buch
Item no.: 860181
4-7 oct. w/opt. 4-7 oct. handchimes
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 860073
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 879459
Quis mihi dabit - Ei mihi! - Domine deus, pacem da nobis. Kombination mit "Sonata sacra" für 10 Blechbläser (BA 4433) möglich
musica sacra nova
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 878811
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 877515
2-3 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857319
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 855996
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 855537
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 855267
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 855132
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 855078
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 851109
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850785
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 850542
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 832047
Motet
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1209453
Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1058334
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038111
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1037409
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1354146
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126536
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1126428
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1126023
with America the Beautiful, My Country, 'Tis of Thee
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125213
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121244
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121190
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1100832
6 Lieder
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043333
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1159962
3 instruments in C (Flute, Oboe, Violin)
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1152348
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1152159
Anthems Composed or Arranged by Alice Parker
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1151241
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1149810
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169385
Pavane Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168386
Pavane Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168278
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167360
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950927
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 907970
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950738
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