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.
Three Sacred Chorus
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 551395
with optional parts for a second choir
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 585928
Lyre Series
for: Choir
Buch + CD
Item no.: 499695
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 561486
Oratorio
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 550957
VOCES8 Singles Series
(Piano for rehearsal only)
for: Mixed choir (SSATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1012981
I am the captain of my soul
Schott Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 691722
Ambassadors for Christ - Eucharist
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 744898
Opera in three Acts
Brno Version
Complete Critical Edition of the Works of Leoš Janácek A/9
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745794
Oper in 3 Akten
Neue Dirigierpartituren-Reihe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 696415
from 'The Hour-Glass'
A Cycle of Songs to Poems by Ben Jonson
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 696261
Songs for SSA Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 676187
Volkslieder, Folksongs und Evergreens in einfachen Sätzen
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 669183
Der Neue Weg zur lebendigen Vocal-Pop-Performance
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 663227
from 'Sea Chanteys'
for mixed voices (SATB) a capella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 683404
(Cannons)
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (STTTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681856
One way to prepare for the rigorous demands of choral singin
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 494012
aus der Oper "Fürst Igor"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 358918
Kantate von Goethe
for: Soloist (tenor), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 357569
Masque (Pastoral) in 2 Akten
1. Fassung
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 361036
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 357241
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 428060
A story to introduve The Moldau from Ma Vlast
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 425760
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 444096
Contemporary Festival Choral Series
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 456772
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 579893
for mixed chorus (SAB) and piano
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 489419
Festival Cantata
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 301677
Ricordi Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Piano reductions
Item no.: 300645
per voci e strumenti (1975/76)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 314136
1st Sunday after Trinity
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 313899
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 194000
A cantata for young voices
for: Youth choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 198581
Musiktheaterstück für Sänger, Schauspieler und Tänzer
for: Soloists, choir, children's choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 208975
Romantic Opera in 3 Acts WWV 63
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284547
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285525
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 307505
Ricordi Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260776
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 183960
Band 1
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 772273
for: Mixed choir, percussion
Score
Item no.: 770304
Choruses from "The Death of Klinghoffer"
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 817516
Hector Berlioz. New Edition of the Complete Works (NBE) 12
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 875409
for Whitsuntide and General Use
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 877633
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 887406
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Male choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 886727
A Carol for treble voice(s) with SATB (or SA) chorus and piano
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 890648
VOCES8 Singles Series
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1552218
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