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 Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125918
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1038955
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341693
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913365
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1341707
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100959
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110941
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924104
Harold Flammer Easter
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123571
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1193541
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913932
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825652
for: Male choir
OTHER
Item no.: 1342310
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985660
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126432
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110857
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904363
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126450
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909826
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Book
Item no.: 1111572
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825789
Geduchte God
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905738
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124627
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 892167
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931688
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 914927
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124515
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924363
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123416
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 895799
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1077492
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912948
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 908284
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 909814
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1156661
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100870
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906559
And When the Day of Pentecost
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1037832
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121467
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100759
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911091
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110518
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912014
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 903654
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124531
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124478
Together We Sing Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126122
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100719
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