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.
For S.A.T.B. Chorus, A Cappella
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625949
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1125985
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 905046
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123261
Jazz
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1122803
Concert and Contest Collection CBHA
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1655137
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 869190
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 919858
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 983743
GIA Celebration Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1153837
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 926969
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918507
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1005002
O Most Blessed Spirit
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041911
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038563
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 899402
Flute, Cello
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158874
for: Mixed choir (SMezATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850478
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 881283
Together We Sing Series
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122900
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124839
Two Part Mixed w/opt. 7 Handbells & Congregation
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856090
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1038022
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 895438
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896560
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1038014
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159657
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121131
Shawnee Press
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124248
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855783
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856530
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950157
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919044
Flute, Alto Sax, B-flat Trumpet, Trombone
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1157173
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1150155
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 900365
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 901907
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 909845
3-6 octave handbells w/opt. 3-5 oct. handchimes
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918378
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1039429
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1041263
Anthem for Palm Sunday
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1154151
Klassik
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 879252
The Mass of St. Augustine
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1153189
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 908007
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 864721
Dall'Opera Tannhauser
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 922894
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1150276
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