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.
with American Sign Language
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 824235
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 823342
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 823341
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 916504
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 911959
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909067
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 312652
A solis ortus cardine
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308651
Folk
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915684
Folk
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Book
Item no.: 1097757
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982806
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 817530
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097541
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 839269
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 837478
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1171377
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 914874
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913333
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908637
Nur lieferbar zusammen mit den Chorstimmen!
for: Male choir, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 209209
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 993157
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 478986
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111812
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111675
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111383
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110673
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110067
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1109982
Sacred Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1017718
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 884898
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; soprano saxophone ad lib.
Single part Soprano saxophone (B-flat)
Item no.: 1552895
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1111706
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1111050
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1110707
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1110226
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1109956
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 882669
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 834931
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1109805
Choral Library
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 816570
Neues Geistliches Lied – Firmung
for: Mixed choir, melodic instruments, rhythm group (piano/keyboard, guitar, bass, percussion)
Single part in C
Item no.: 620023
SATB a cappella
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1160999
nur lieferbar über Verlag
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 642055
Madrigal (Kantate) für 4 Singstimmen (solo oder gem. Chor), Streicher und Basso continuo
for: 4 voices (SATB) [mixed choir], strings, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 638535
Madrigal (Kantate) für 4 Singstimmen (solo oder gem. Chor), Streicher und Basso continuo
for: 4 voices (SATB) [mixed choir], strings, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 638528
(1876/77)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343443
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Piano score
Item no.: 326907
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 278544
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