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.
Contemporary Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1108011
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038459
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123941
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 918309
Percussion Parts
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856857
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039400
2. Pfirsich ess ich gern "Sind die Pfirsich rund und reif"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 751881
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124724
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919362
from Japan
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728175
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 857289
From "The Dorian Service"
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 930871
for: Male choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342560
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1041294
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122726
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124130
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124103
3-5 oct. w/opt. 3-4 oct. Handchimes
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 859044
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158231
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077852
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1154721
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919173
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917904
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 832124
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 859760
Two-Part Mixed
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919118
Old Warwickshire
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1039782
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982893
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, cello, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1543953
Revised Order of Mass 2010
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1152669
2 Flutes
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1150212
3-6 oct.
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855480
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1150239
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 935103
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856425
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122105
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1038783
for: Choir
Musikkasette
Item no.: 1159122
Flute, Oboe, 2 Violins, Cello
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1152156
3. O can ye sew cushions
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733386
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 675383
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1327359
SATB divisi/a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 938397
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085979
Nach liturgischen Weisen von Louis Lewandowski (1821–1894)
Synagoge und Schtetl 3
for: Women's choir (SA), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 781311
3-6 Oct.
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855372
Nr. 2, aus: Vierstimmige Gesänge für Sopran, Alt, Tenor und Bass mit Begleitung des Pianoforte op. 16
Wien 1819
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 6087
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101207
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