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.
Weihnachtsmotette
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115690
für gemischten Chor und Orgel
Hugh Giles gewidmet
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 380722
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 217707
für gem Chor a cappella (Klavier ad lib.)
Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Piano score
Item no.: 1543995
Weihnachtsmusical für Kinder von 6-12 Jahren
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score (with piano part)
Item no.: 462812
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1627876
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 382712
for: Solists, boys’ choir, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 333326
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1020712
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 947216
for: Choir
Bücher-Set
Item no.: 947684
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609527
für SATB
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609294
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609005
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1013763
Weihnachtskantate
for: Mixed choir (SABar), flute, oboe, strings
Set of parts
Item no.: 673663
Weihnachtsmotette mit dem Lied "Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich her"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 648224
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 628930
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 764427
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 847867
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano [keyboard]
Choir score
Item no.: 608961
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 763564
Ein Musical zur Weihnachtszeit nach einer Geschichte von Peter Schindler
für Soli, Kinderchor, und Instrumente
for: Children's choir, narrator, chamber orchestra [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 444877
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 565922
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 745753
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 656479
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 849033
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 893614
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763953
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 847110
Ein diebisches Weihnachtsvergnügen
Ein Weihnachtsmusical für Kinder und Jugendliche ab 9 Jahren
for: Voices, narrator, children's choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 693607
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 188125
Weihnachtsoratorium (Gesamtausgabe) (Complete edition)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Item no.: 319067
for: Solo voice (high), mixed choir (SSATTBB)
Choir score
Item no.: 692237
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 769209
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 467966
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 940109
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 941281
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 940829
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Book
Item no.: 941339
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 933285
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 932949
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 932872
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 932325
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936997
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934176
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 933629
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 937504
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