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 (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097357
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 925733
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110754
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110242
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923754
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1329029
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123413
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117235
(New Edition)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121370
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125702
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 985937
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126244
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 983026
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930965
Harold Flammer Easter
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124875
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 914702
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111030
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913914
Folk
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 915875
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123506
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117121
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328181
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110602
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916081
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111249
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328204
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117173
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123815
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1092203
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931991
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121582
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101365
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913958
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111781
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125369
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324758
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916417
Geistliche Musik
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1584405
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906369
Voices Rising
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 816042
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912868
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125540
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101474
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125541
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 905074
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915950
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328182
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 823781
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