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.
Set of 10 Vocal Scores
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Partitur-Set
Item no.: 1071233
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1646447
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825808
Chorals In Jazz
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 182865
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 247295
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Item no.: 367273
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 345369
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 341882
for: Winds class (flexible winds ensemble); choir ad lib.
Single part Baritone saxophone (E-flat)
Item no.: 291207
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 558033
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 140323
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 176516
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 343271
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 333639
Harold Flammer WorshipSongs Jr
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 824990
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 367009
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 367007
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 145831
Kantaten I - VI
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 587158
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 362038
from A World of Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 825012
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123284
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122606
Mark Foster
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826369
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126336
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826655
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 293058
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126693
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 825347
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 823829
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123317
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122330
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 459654
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 311972
für SSA und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1608998
für SSA und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609912
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1544095
für TTBB und Klavier
Klavierpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1608710
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 847302
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764222
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 886463
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 849813
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843978
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 843849
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 938515
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 937310
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934483
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 934440
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