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.
Weltlich
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1037225
für Männerchor a cappella
Partitur
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 1610523
su versi di Francesco Petrarca
for: Choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1677653
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 910110
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919630
Shawnee Press
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1126245
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 903530
for: Male choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1120996
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1041840
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919188
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950623
Heilig, heilig, dreimal heilig
(Instrumente ad lib)
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAM), the parish, strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 690098
für SSA und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609499
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918720
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 919574
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 905685
C instrument (Alternate) - not to be used with 8295INSTA
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1160243
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039169
Klassik
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901430
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1608424
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898529
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1156787
GIA Celebration Series
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1159732
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 901419
Director's Score
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 857258
3 Octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917956
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 860001
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1039177
Klassik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 896273
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 895775
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122931
SATB w/opt. Oboe & Handbells
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 918030
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 905580
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 909866
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 877586
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1057070
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855717
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918575
GIA Evoking Sound
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1149630
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 888455
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 905689
Cello
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158228
Négy gyermekkar Nemes-Nagy Ágnes verseire
for: Children's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850636
for: Children's choir (SMezAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822615
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124740
Two Part Mixed & SAB Collection
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919676
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 855613
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