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.
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 178559
Oper/Operette
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 388386
Mark Foster
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826442
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825081
Southern Music
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 924134
Southern Music
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 927014
Per Soli, Coro E Orchestra
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 258879
Per Coro Unisono Con Armonium O Pianoforte
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 258476
Messe
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 258155
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1107993
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1107970
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 902749
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 806792
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123788
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123573
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122657
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 825655
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 641101
Broadway Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808659
Expressive Art (Choral)
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 811747
Messe
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 258162
A 7 Voci Miste Senza Accompagnament
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir part Bass 1,2
Item no.: 257971
Per Voci Miste Con Pianoforte
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 257491
Oper/Operette
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 257484
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126526
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825136
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 825537
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126263
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124931
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123736
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 474574
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806688
Piccola Cantata, Per Voci E Pianoforte
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 258473
Piccola Cantata, Per Voci E Pianoforte
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 258471
Oper/Operette
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 258343
Klassik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 257651
Oper/Operette
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 185998
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803087
The Definitive Manual for All Group Singers
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 1108022
Southern Music
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 926436
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1108019
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889317
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910730
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 885827
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125762
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826176
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826498
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825336
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