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 (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 192158
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 460660
Choral Cantata
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, violone, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 459301
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 499061
Choral Miscellany 45
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 488215
based on words of Bishop Reginald Heber
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 619752
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 584283
for: Youth choir [female choir] (SA), piano
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 655514
for: Youth choir [female choir] (SA), piano
Score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 655513
A cappella Motette für gemischten Chor (SSAATB) aus "The Peacemakers"
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 655015
The Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 1604
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 690355
Includes several songs from Bernstein's beloved interpretation of the Voltaire classic.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 687574
Kantate zum Fest Mariae Heimsuchung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 645996
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 645132
In High Voice
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 556234
The complete singing resource for primary schools
for: Children's choir
Study book, 2 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 565012
General Anthem for Satb Voices and Piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 869602
Schott Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 696763
Kantate für den 3. Sonntag nach Trinitatis (und für jede Zeit)
Bach große "Kümmernis"-Kantate
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 426119
A story to introduce Jupiter from The Planets Suite [Holst, Gustav]
storybook and CD
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 425817
Early version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 444394
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 463345
for: Choir
Study book
Item no.: 461546
A Madrigal from "A Garland for The Queen"
for: Mixed choir (SMezATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 461429
Three Classic Eva Cassidy Songs
Choral Basics
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 445977
Opera in 3 acts
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1020083
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 1328550
Choral Hymn From The 3rd Movement Apotheosis
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1136449
The complete singing resource for primary schools
for: Children's choir
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1633299
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1633295
from CoolSide of Yuletide
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1212374
Choral Suite
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 1212173
No. 9 A Linnet in a Gilded Cage
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Score
Item no.: 887211
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 893560
No. 5 Dead in the Cold
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Score
Item no.: 891065
No. 2 The nymph's reply to the shepherd
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 890837
Scottish Lullaby
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 898024
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 895131
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 894588
Unaccompanied Motet
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 894005
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 338003
Kantate Nr. 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2–3 pianos, percussion (6 parts)
Score
Item no.: 352330
Geistliche Lieder für die verschiedenen Anlässe des Kirchenjahres, Gospels und Spirituals für Frauenchöre
Band 1
for: Women's choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 347056
Oper in 3 Akten (1968-1970)
Libretto: Friedrich Dürrenmatt
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 368964
Oper in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 401895
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 319275
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319239
Lawson Gould Publications
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 328211
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