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.
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 885917
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123008
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1156420
Catholic Communion Classics
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1149657
Shawnee Press
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123010
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 855248
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 910793
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1155108
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 909005
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913082
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1057921
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 663175
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125288
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 891900
Flute
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1160457
für SSA und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609194
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 983197
Klassik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 903688
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158782
Hail Thee, Day of Gladness
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038508
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1057637
for: Children's choir (SA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822630
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 861131
String Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 857366
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1155487
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950182
Marias Wallfahrt
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040264
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902578
Settings of the Sanctus and Agnus Dei
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 769059
2-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856649
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982687
3-6 Oct.
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918058
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 938385
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918573
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123652
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 884636
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 855708
for: Women's choir [male choir] (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 850502
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123146
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1093444
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1124849
Two-Part Mixed
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918005
Early English Church Music 54
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 768924
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1095346
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126657
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950324
A süket sógor
Népi szöveg
for: Children's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 851075
2 Octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856475
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