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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1039785
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038705
(StudioTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124403
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124268
from The Mercy Testament
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123728
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123485
Hinshaw Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1058604
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1058577
from Two Choruses
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106205
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100940
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1095000
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326849
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1559535
5.1 Incenerite spoglie, avara tomba (Lagrime d’amante al sepolcro dell’amata. Sestina - Prima parte)
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1551435
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1610889
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609998
für SSA und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609728
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1608648
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1628547
A Congregational Song Supplement for the Christian Year Hymn Texts since 1990
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1160124
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1157235
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1156317
Accompaniment
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1155885
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169682
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169601
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169574
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169439
Pavane Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168305
Kantate (1721)
Erstausgabe
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1013216
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125428
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850352
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 495221
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609430
für gemischten Chor (SSAATTBB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733415
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904040
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 646662
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 644690
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 873185
Klassik
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 818192
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 860585
Motet
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 859510
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 859432
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 646420
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904294
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 883589
for: Women's choir (SS) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 872059
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 894440
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 891128
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