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.
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1317769
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1042909
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 983117
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 982648
From Mozart's 12Th Mass
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 951048
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 859867
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1671256
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314326
Minuetto et galop
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314525
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315057
We Plough The Fields
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316306
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316274
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1316121
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1315785
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901923
For Chorus, Soloists, and Accompaniment
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1121017
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass winds, organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1038749
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass winds, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1038117
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 863043
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 895794
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 893661
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 891474
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 889206
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 964536
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 964509
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 960432
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959919
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959838
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959811
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959730
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959406
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913101
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 911616
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910617
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910509
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 910185
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906756
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902517
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir (1 voice), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 902274
Two-Part
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857103
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 856887
for: Mixed choir (MezMezTTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 851055
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 850272
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 938265
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931299
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 924036
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919716
2 Octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919635
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