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.
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 188358
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 937205
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 937742
Featuring: Oh Happy Day - Dancing in the Street - Ode to Joy
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 928608
A Jingle Bell Spectacular!
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 928282
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 934790
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910335
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 932306
Folk
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 932125
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 931384
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 934325
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 934014
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930943
A Musical Fairy Tale Revue for Unison and 2-Part Voices
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 897308
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123842
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125025
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123679
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125770
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808782
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1017285
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 494443
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 805947
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803503
Choral
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 901448
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 924788
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813089
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893904
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 475032
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 888770
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815481
Sacred Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813405
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123958
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 333286
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 634649
Featuring: Oh Happy Day - Dancing in the Street - Ode to Joy
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 898932
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930452
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 903339
Pop und Rock
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 931555
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 931204
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931108
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 935364
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 935292
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936863
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 934265
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934089
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 935136
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125738
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122618
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