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.
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 745109
from Matilda the Musical
Broadway Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 744981
from Coco
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 744952
The 2019 Pop Hit
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 697254
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 692199
Disney Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 691485
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 690694
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 690693
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1479683
An arrangement of Freddie Mercury’s beautiful song from the album ‘A Night at the Opera’
for mixed chorus (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 685331
A Rollicking Western Adventure - Teacher
for: School class
Music score, online media
Item no.: 798880
Discovery Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 798144
Craig Hella Johnson Choral Series
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 798088
(from Dear Evan Hansen)
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 798039
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 695093
For Starter Choirs
for: Children's choir
Choir book, CD
Item no.: 485461
Motette für gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Schott Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 617527
Oper in 4 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 696688
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1585978
Pavane Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551695
Traditional English Folksong
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 776359
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532717
SAM-Klang
for: Mixed choir (SAM), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 1532689
Psallite Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532652
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532627
from Over the Moon
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532619
from Schmigadoon!
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1532616
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 905891
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 905855
Carrie Tennant Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 817939
Broadway Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1212385
Broadway Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 431193
with piano accompaniment (Fragments from oratorios)
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 255809
Joshua fit the battle of Jericho
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 155304
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 695847
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [youth concert band/ youth string orchestra/ youth symphony orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 697430
(Let There Be Music)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 696262
Book with CD
for: School class
Buch + CD
Item no.: 803308
The complete singing resource for primary schools
for: Children's choir
Study book, 2 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 488945
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 895638
No. 2 from From the Heart
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 894833
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 892996
from The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 891931
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867463
Choral Music Experience
Conductor's Choice
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 695865
Rhapsody for mixed chorus a capella
mit Klavierbegleitung zu Probezwecken
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 577813
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 901971
No. 4 Arthur's final words
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 900195
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