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.
Spiritual (Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 730170
from "My Fair Lady" for male choir (TTBB) and piano
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir part Bass 1
Item no.: 1659240
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343043
for SATB choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 755224
"Our Father, which are in heaven"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 748771
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549591
aus: "The First Set of Madrigals and Mottets, apt for Viols and Voyces"
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 3141
Discovery Level 2
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1566731
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962245
Scottish Folk Song
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 930069
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121825
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1093257
Barbershop Harmony Society
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1354024
The English Madrigalists 37
for: Mixed choir (3–5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 771737
Y Glomen
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982641
Musica Britannica 2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 930474
für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Klavier
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 682516
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105590
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 930349
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105578
from Elemental
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1654321
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1585962
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1557332
Early English Church Music 61
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 929198
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121075
Weltlich
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1582869
The English Madrigalists 9
for: Mixed choir (3–6 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 771338
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1076681
Misa de la creación
A Bilingual Setting of the Revised Order of Mass 2010
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor, the parish, wind ensemble, rhythm group (piano, guitar, drums)
Piano score
Item no.: 775026
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101522
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962224
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 775756
Voices Rising
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1533109
Vilnian Version in 2 Acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 696255
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1056842
for: Choir
Audio-CD
Item no.: 770467
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126003
Musica Britannica 57
for: Soloist, mixed choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 929694
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1585706
für Soli, Kinderchor, gem Chor und Instrumente (Set mit 13 Stücken)
Aus dem Leben der Kinder in Uganda
for: Solo voice, children's choir, flutes, percussion, piano
Score
Item no.: 660575
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982824
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105352
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982693
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556984
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1610595
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1093209
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962314
for: Choir
Music score
Item no.: 931318
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