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: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913619
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122522
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 923922
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126205
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1329083
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124163
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 964552
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1152054
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126115
Farewell My Friend
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123401
Hinshaw Music
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898734
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125507
Mark Foster
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1125453
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121429
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 925869
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101531
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1329034
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126750
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 914746
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 884938
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1557292
Klassik
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 896197
Mark Foster
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1124536
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862933
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 1559692
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111684
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101127
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110064
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330951
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 916042
Together We Sing Series
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124051
Pavane Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168303
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 900626
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825834
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 905376
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1117326
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1341777
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 911073
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908563
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1092001
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 907024
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1040836
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039648
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122349
An Early-American Christmas Hymn
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1150699
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101748
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923737
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 903892
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