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: 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
(Vapaitettu kunigatar)
Ballade für gemischten Chor und Orchester
Text von Paavo Cajander
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 106726
No. 4 Against Jealousy
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 106158
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 189533
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 911308
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 903769
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 906540
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906372
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 900294
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 899332
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 936851
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 935802
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 934312
Gospels and Spirituals for mixed choir (partly with piano)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 1664375
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 769342
"Seid zur Freundschaft bereit"
Geier-Song aus dem "Dschungelbuch"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 297077
Cantata for the Sunday of Estomihi
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233800
5 Gospels für gemischten Chor und Blechbläserquintett
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba; piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 262240
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1558771
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 931518
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 930637
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 313493
for: Male choir (3–4 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 929987
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 929496
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 929141
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 645962
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 770780
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 932282
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 297949
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 605248
Legende
Einzelausgabe aus Band 9 der Rheinberger-Gesamtausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 586088
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 346984
for: Mixed choir; piano [organ]
Choir book
Item no.: 618387
für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 635867
Cantata for Whit Sunday BWV 74
after the second setting by Bach
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233223
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 642821
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