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.
TV, Film, Musical und Show
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 836762
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105445
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964755
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1584412
With Orff Schulwerk
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1149530
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 857680
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169375
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1634911
Ich stand in dunklen Träumen
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004511
Enoch Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105546
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1093203
A Partner Song Collection
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 1656673
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004755
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100797
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100789
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1149507
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1104035
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1684659
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004592
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 929982
Level B Method Book
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 1124910
Six Instructional Units for Teaching (Teacher's Manual)
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1107550
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1117551
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556983
Anthems
Early English Church Music 12
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 768876
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1020468
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 931737
Musica Britannica 74
for: Mixed choir (3–6 parts) a cappella
Choir book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 929590
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 905773
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103252
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 906249
a Comic Opera in Four Scenes
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1560741
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982781
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 982770
for SATB divisi voices a cappella as performed by Tonality
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1636231
Lamb Most Holy Tp248
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105553
Discovery Level 2
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1566835
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1628406
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100937
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 907831
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 972255
Gospel auf neuen Wegen
for: Mixed choir (SMezAB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1659648
Geistliche Musik
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1037218
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900825
No. 3 The Golden Willow Tree
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901424
Boosey's Choral Miscellany No. 218
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 895053
Practical sessions in jazz and improvisation
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 909681
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 692831
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