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: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1041607
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110728
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 874332
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110862
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982997
J Palant: Brothers Sing On
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330908
from Covenant of Grace
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125315
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912255
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124001
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1109989
Brass quartet - 2 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, Bassoon/Cello, Flute duet
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1159191
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824587
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903899
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110026
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117334
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110049
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124958
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100570
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901648
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1078237
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1149844
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103512
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 923690
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 882360
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111663
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123605
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1319930
African American Church Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1155218
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126421
Shawnee Press
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126150
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324415
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111672
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342478
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330482
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825688
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100990
Hinshaw Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1059032
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110332
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100654
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100951
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1116751
with When Morning Gilds the Skies
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825342
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126610
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1041790
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916166
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111377
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111743
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913555
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