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.
A Contemporary Approach to Teaching Musical Creativity
for: School class
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 862315
on English and American poetry
First Print
The Flemish Music Collection
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1345319
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 336024
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 231896
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 613419
D Dorian
for: Favorit choir (SSSATTBarB), mixed choir (SATB), 4 viole da gamba, basso continuo [organ]
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 499014
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677387
Frühlingsmelodie aus dem "Album für die Jugend"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 271987
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 692942
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678443
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678434
for: Women's choir (SSA/SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 363007
Oratorium
Klavierauszug XL
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (XL format)
Item no.: 677222
for: Mixed choir (SMezATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 695455
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 689509
The fascinating art of making percussion sounds with your voice
English Version
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 143876
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964846
from "Smash"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746260
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746117
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746103
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746093
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745887
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano; flute, percussion ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745874
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745698
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745676
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano [youth concert band/ youth string orchestra/ youth symphony orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 697429
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 696678
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [youth concert band/ brass ensemble/ string ensemble]
Choir score
Item no.: 696506
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746384
from the Musical "Grease"
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746334
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746310
No. 12 Old Abram Brown
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 895258
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Children's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 889202
Marguerite
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 899279
Incorporating Angels We Have Heard on High
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1556385
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 817294
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 893902
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 798158
Robert Shaw Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 317362
Opera in 3 Acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318185
Bosse Hits a cappella
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 558216
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1627550
Mountain Song
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1660821
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1660816
Traditional English Carol
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1660773
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 909233
Männerchor und Klavier
Chorpartitur
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 922652
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 605250
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