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.
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125027
(StudioTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124028
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826423
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123276
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825430
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1551787
Kantate zum Sonntag Estomihi
Violine 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233933
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Chor 2, Instrument 3
Item no.: 661215
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 656483
New Christmas Carol Arrangement
Carols for Concerts
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1043600
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233080
Cantata for the 1st day of Christmas
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 797045
H 395
for: Mixed choir (SSB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1121043
Dialog und Verkündigung
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 229805
A Cantata for Advent and Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825869
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Bläserstimmen (kompletter Satz)
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 680140
Joulupuu On Rakennettu
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904767
Thesauri Musik
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 310484
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1019917
Motette
aus "Die Weihnachtsgeschichte" (1959)
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 116210
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 195744
Kantate nach Texten der Bibel
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Chorpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 196007
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 864379
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1620872
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1620509
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 935178
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 937185
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 936305
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, CD
Item no.: 847652
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764207
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764200
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764174
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762972
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762969
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 762945
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 907659
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 847518
for: Choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 762504
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843521
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]; cello ad lib.
Single part (Cello solo)
Item no.: 612107
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1620052
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1586825
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237600
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 283411
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203048
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202758
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