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.
Traditional Polish Carol
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 691694
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1634201
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1582737
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343051
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; instruments ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 696030
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103426
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746053
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745989
for: Male choir (TBB), flute, hand drum
Choir score
Item no.: 745919
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678438
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 618347
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 929200
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass quintet, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 929047
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169044
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 681496
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169626
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1689827
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Score
Item no.: 915576
for: School class
Choir score
Item no.: 816674
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 816493
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801066
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808173
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808022
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 807941
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 469909
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 425907
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 813757
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Score
Item no.: 690705
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815124
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803099
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 768057
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 765971
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 744838
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532614
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532437
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 797489
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 191450
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820614
for: Mixed choir (SABar); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 797717
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746072
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746058
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 722383
Look! There is my Love
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760279
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760257
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 697244
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 768043
Holiday medley
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 673400
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 460010
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