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.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 369016
Unison voices with optional second part and piano
for: Voice [choir (2 voices)], piano
Score
Item no.: 1654265
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318180
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings
Score
Item no.: 872991
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 904759
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 902135
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 895669
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1192536
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 206915
for: 2 soloists (TT), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1552722
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1653346
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1161407
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 948542
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Book
Item no.: 948380
Sounds of a Better World
for: Children's choir [women's choir] (SA), djembé, piano
Score
Item no.: 687712
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1628116
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 890095
Opera in One Act
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 893048
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 487743
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 692944
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 635592
"Swing Low" for two-part Choir and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 679767
for Mixed Choir (SATB) a cappella
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 679681
for Women's Choir (SSA) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 679668
for Mixed Choir (SABar) and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 679645
for two-part voices and Piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 679642
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.: 746263
from the Musical "The Wiz"
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746254
from the musical "Something Rotten!"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746197
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
Score
Item no.: 675374
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 932098
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 two Mixed Choirs (SMezATBarB/SATB) a cappella
for: 2 mixed choirs (SMATBarB/SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 676398
for: Mixed choir, harp, strings
Conductor score
Item no.: 675325
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 745021
Discovery Pop Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 693487
An Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205772
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 695091
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 616695
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