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
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1327413
Te Deum laudamus
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 795676
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 914746
Der Welthit von F. Sinatra und H. Juhnke mit deutschem und englischem Text. (Deutscher Text auf den Innenseiten).
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1609240
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1557292
The Kevin A. Memley Choral Music Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551676
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 1565257
No. 2 Have you seen the white lily grow
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 896680
No. 2 from "Four Faces of the Wind"
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Women's choir (SSA), flute, piano
Score
Item no.: 887529
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984524
Andrew Crane Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano; cello ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1690184
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), violin, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343420
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1584401
Ausgezeichnete Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 658868
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 906336
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902316
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 892692
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 888821
Choral Music Experience
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 863352
No. 1 The lily has a smooth stalk
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 900753
Oper In Zwei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1031911
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660809
From 'Sea Chanteys'
for tenor and bass a cappella
for: Male choir (TB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 683409
für Sprecherin, sechsstimmigen Frauenchor und zwölf gestimmte Glasflaschen
for: Female narrator, women's choir (SSSAAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 674981
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 909589
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556293
A Capella Notendownload
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1642693
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 639084
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862683
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862841
No. 2 Lullaby of the Duchess
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 886467
customprint
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 910681
Ashdown Vocal Duets
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962321
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Music score
Item no.: 772241
Sally Gardens, Carrickfergus, In Dublin's Fair City, The Last Rose of Summer
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 795704
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 929354
Konzertwerk
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 907187
Lyric Collection of Choral Music
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964724
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1635242
The David C. Dickau Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1551677
An Oratorio
Musica Britannica 100
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 771431
Prüfungsliteratur
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 1329695
Prüfungsliteratur
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 1329694
A Royal Welcome Song
for soloists (CtCtTTBB), mixed chorus (SATB), strings and Bc
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 672415
from Walt Disney's "The Jungle Book"
("Probier's mal mit Gemütlichkeit")
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 693818
A fantastic collection of English songs transcribed for SATB choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 768126
for SSC and piano
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 674057
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1317835