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.
I'm Gonna Sing - Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 899864
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909111
Jazz
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924248
recorded by Michael Buble
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911597
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 903544
Handbell & Percussion
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 932965
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 932913
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931614
Jazz
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 935376
with And Can It Be?
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 935306
with Lead Us, Lord
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 937222
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 937122
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933962
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934896
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934684
For Everything a Time Most Opportune - Swahili
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936201
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 579738
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813285
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812999
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 804082
(StudioTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124028
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1169023
The Sunday Singer
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 1167654
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 815352
Discovery Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810508
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 811360
Henry Leck Creating Artistry
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808276
Choral Highlights from Hairspray
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 802808
(from Pocahontas)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813498
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1126617
(StudioTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1126460
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125350
Broadway Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 812013
SATB a cappella (VoiceTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 903003
Customize Your Programs With Scripts for Every Occasion
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 805890
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825389
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856421
Brass parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 919624
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123040
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 881016
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126312
Handbell Part (13 bells)
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918346
Klassik
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 840082
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124472
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124481
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123738
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 882624
Rhythm parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 918971
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