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.: 825746
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122259
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122249
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126517
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 827106
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825911
Choral
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 804413
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1023128
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 208648
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124625
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 926878
Discovery Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 556213
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 326010
Hal Leonard Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 455891
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319319
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 294608
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812640
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 578122
A Masterwork Cantata for Advent or Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 939498
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 906828
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 905697
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 928371
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 932443
Jazz
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 932194
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912133
SoundTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 930831
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 930120
Acc. Tracks on CDs (4)
for: Choir
CD-Pack
Item no.: 848821
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 628252
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 628165
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 890975
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893646
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893121
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 809674
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 474709
Methodology Chorals
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 808193
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122427
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122316
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825256
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122240
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125286
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 737229
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 924436
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 926329
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 925902
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319264
Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 490897
from American Song
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805449
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