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: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1041790
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916166
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111377
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111743
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913555
Incorporating Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125367
Shawnee Press Celebration Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826687
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923970
If You Are Willing
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1041422
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1040869
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912538
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110832
Choral
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122883
Mark Foster
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 825421
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982828
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324442
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1325561
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324704
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124200
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 916322
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125065
African American Church Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1156971
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328270
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110536
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982747
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324384
Traditional Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825454
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923750
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328230
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124610
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126416
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123339
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110556
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110161
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911324
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111815
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330477
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101571
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908933
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1330624
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959375
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1584412
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1160236
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1324550
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824909
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1328221
aus der Operette "Der Vogelhändler"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 685460
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964863
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