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) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 895196
General Anthem for Satb Voices and Piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 869602
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862646
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 911652
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100883
from CoolSide of Yuletide
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1212374
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 680629
Includes several songs from Bernstein's beloved interpretation of the Voltaire classic.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 687574
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 895131
No. 2 The nymph's reply to the shepherd
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 890837
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867084
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904224
Scottish Lullaby
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 898024
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 893560
Opera da camera in quattro scene, Op 21 (1994)
Chamber Opera in 4 Scences|adapted from the short Story A Madman's Diary (Lu)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 778227
A pBuzz learning method for the music classroom
for: School class
Study book (with online audio)
Item no.: 1672759
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965542
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 628348
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 885978
Aus: Bastien & Bastienne KV 50
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964877
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1534593
Pavane Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168607
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATBB), harp, 2 violins, alto, cello, double bass
Score
Item no.: 770525
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 980848
Prüfungsliteratur
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1329707
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 891334
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 839726
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 696341
for mixed choir a capella
piano accompaniment for purpose of rehearsal
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 683747
Revised edition
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1329698
Broadway Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1106538
The setting of a poem by Martin Luther for SATB chorus.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 644015
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1317942
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 902696
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101520
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 983050
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982966
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 982862
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 869286
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 878254
Partitur zum Proben
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 878850
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 888537
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862284
Choral
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820751
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 867167
Choral Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902608
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 645153
Vol. 1: 100 Hungarian Folk Songs for unison chorus a cappella
The Kodály Choral Method
for: Choir (one voice) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 693814
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