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.
Shawnee Sacred
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126704
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1125043
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124921
New York Voices Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124144
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123715
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123713
from A Time for Alleluia!
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123661
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126844
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126609
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126556
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126480
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126443
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125663
Shawnee Press
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1125287
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125256
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124913
Accompaniment/Performance CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124899
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124865
Mark Foster
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1124511
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124245
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124020
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124005
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125615
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125536
from The Alfred Burt Carols
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125451
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125179
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124941
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124195
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123639
Betty's Bossa
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123107
Listening CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122614
Hinshaw Concert
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1056944
Hinshaw Secular
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1056936
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 899794
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1058871
Hinshaw Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1058790
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1058776
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1058546
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1058538
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1058358
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1058324
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1058304
Hinshaw Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1058227
Hinshaw Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1057990
Hinshaw Secular
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1057896
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 766059
Ausgabe für Kinder (Orff-Instrumente, Gitarre, u.a.). Das große Miteinander in der geistlichen Feierstunde
for: Children's choir
Ensemble score
Item no.: 336667
Nur lieferbar in Verbindung mit Chorstimmen!
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 464315
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