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: Choir
Score
Item no.: 906715
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 911017
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 663616
Dankkantate
Klingende Schätze der Marienkirche Weißenfels, Band 3
Chorpartitur und Stimmen auf Anfrage
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 670852
Madrigal on a poem (Unruhvoll und reiselüstern) by Hermann Hesse
for: Mixed choir (SMezATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 688564
(The Seagulls)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 1560807
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984547
Kantante zum ersten Pfingsttag
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1478422
Georg Kreisler - Lieder und Chansons
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1544437
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1544680
Motette für vier Stimmen und Generalbass
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1545652
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1557694
GIA Guitar Part
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1157450
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121297
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 910778
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1123592
op. 61/1D. 740
for: Male choir, guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 638591
Traditional Hebrew Round
Boosey & Hawkes Concert Music for Developing Choirs
for: Women's choir (SA), violin, piano
Score
Item no.: 688433
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 832154
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 924170
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1123214
Hat nőikar op. 117
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 851054
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 919202
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856994
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 861705
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 838902
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 837082
Klassik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 820447
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano 4 hands
Choir score
Item no.: 899777
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 865700
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 838300
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 897533
Syngespil for solister, blandet kor og orkester
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 683986
Craig Hella Johnson Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 904979
Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 902304
featuring Texts of Pablo Neruda Craig Hella Johnson Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 896779
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1001762
Novello Choral Pops
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 865782
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 859186
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 866359
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 863083
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 629129
Feierliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 866114
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 864668
Feierliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 864005
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 865693
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 865134
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 864519
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