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: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950365
Sing To The Lord A New Song
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1530418
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1151949
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1540939
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111816
Listening CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124330
für SSA und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609034
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 1621063
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1118969
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1177922
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1159778
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 916325
SATB and Orchestra
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 880334
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110558
Cello or Bass, C Instrument
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1149745
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 1058284
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330498
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1620758
O Food of Men Wayfaring
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1157920
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097435
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122287
For S.A. Or S.A.B., With Piano Or Organ
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625650
Bb instruments, C instruments, Percussion for various selections
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1154797
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326028
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325722
Siegesgesang der Griechen
for: 4 soloists (TTBB), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1344526
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123044
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1142307
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330529
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1116026
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1124492
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1109790
Trumpet, Clarinet, or Oboe
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1152791
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953321
für SSA und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609666
Guitar
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1150786
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1625459
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1320357
Shawnee Sacred
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124500
for: Choir
OTHER
Item no.: 1342837
Brass quintet - 3 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Bass, Tambourine
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1157010
GIA Ars Antiqua
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1155335
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330528
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085803
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959286
Volume I
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1154869
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1057538
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916983
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