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.
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 492259
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 342112
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 473083
for mixed chorus and piano
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 275038
Musical-Querschnitt für gemischten Chor und Begleitung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 680903
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964811
Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1192482
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1192481
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964882
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1317902
Psalm 98
TVWV 1:1345
Urtext (Telemann-Archiv, Stuttgarter Ausgaben)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1667698
Vocal Studio 99
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1676945
Volume 22 - Sez. Prima - Partitura In 2 Vol.
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 263409
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 636145
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 796783
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 550836
for: Children's choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 686576
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1596213
The Cats
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1610169
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1610041
Latin American Choral Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 370519
aus: Messiah 1 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Choir part Soprano/Alto
Item no.: 279252
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343070
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 692944
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678458
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678339
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678333
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745980
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 745882
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; trumpet, snare drum ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745737
Love Theme from "A Star Is Born"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746319
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 930074
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911592
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 910292
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 948542
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Book
Item no.: 948380
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 632893
for: 5 soloists (SAATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 766210
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1596215
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 669754
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 214531
for: Choir (2 voices); instruments ad lib.
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 347124
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 335814
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 292859
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1558772
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 931505
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 930785
for: Soloist (baritone), orchestra; women's choir (SSAA) ad lib.
Piano reduction
Item no.: 930703