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: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121498
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 377735
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1172586
An Easter Celebration of Grace Preview Pack
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 826393
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824267
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 823998
Aus "Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor"
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 308439
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123324
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123287
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122263
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122239
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122234
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 825398
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825054
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 824896
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824497
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126580
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126576
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126514
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126495
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126357
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126288
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126231
(StudioTrax CD)
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1126206
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126024
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1125372
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125311
Shawnee Press
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1124974
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124953
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124841
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124813
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124744
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1124708
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085429
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085385
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085276
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1085256
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 555808
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1160969
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 194150
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
mit Kopierrecht
Item no.: 472366
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 177062
Kikapust Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 132778
Klassik
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 884189
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111526
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110664
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111856
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