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.
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898964
Ave Maria
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 898077
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898018
No. 5 Annabel Lee
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 897939
Lied und Finale (2. Akt) aus "Die Fledermaus"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 457402
Welsh
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950621
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950365
Festgesang für gemischten Chor mit Begleitung von 2 Trompeten und 3 Posaunen ad libitum
for: Choir
ChorSolo part(s)
Item no.: 387889
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 386974
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1200808
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201301
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1201214
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 770555
An Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 769482
Cantata for Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 684000
Hob. XXII:14
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 667693
Hob. XXII:14
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 634220
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1642649
Cantata for the 15th Sunday after Trinity
Complete orchestral parts
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 1050368
Cantata for Easter Sunday
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 769181
Cantata for Easter Sunday
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 769176
From The Choral Repertoire 8
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 365283
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 952100
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 562444
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 954151
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 954105
for: Male choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 954083
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 954077
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 954039
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953927
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 953925
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953923
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953792
for: Mixed choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 952031
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 951947
for: Mixed choir, organ
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 951856
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 951852
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 951823
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 951809
for: Mixed choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 951792
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 951789
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953437
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953406
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953383
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953362
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953356
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