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.
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 886022
National-Emerson Fred Bock
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003148
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002230
Singer´s Edition
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1001960
Tre Canti Mariani
for: Mixed choir, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 998423
for: Choral
Item no.: 1562345
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1534589
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1566503
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1565261
Für Knaben- oder Frauenchor (SSA)
Psalm 23
for: Boys’ choir
Score
Item no.: 670695
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1667158
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664404
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 887155
8th Tone 6th Ending)satb/Org
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 885211
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 904840
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901735
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 899737
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 896335
De Haske Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 894634
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965401
Brookfield Easter Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 965374
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965023
Psalm 98
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985462
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984544
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950686
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950389
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 938617
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931705
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 926251
Southern Music
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 926089
3-6 Oct.
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918799
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918340
Nach dem Menuett BWV Anh. 114 von J. S. Bach, Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 430180
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317644
(englisches Volkslied)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 204676
3. Ein Jäger längs dem Weiher ging (Rheinland)
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB)
Chorstimme
Item no.: 204271
"Herr, du und Gott"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202975
Ballettoper
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 199276
Jiddisches Schlaflied für Frauenchor (SSA), Klavier (Cello ad lib.)
Choral Music Experience
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1655144
für SATB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609784
für TTBB und Klavier
Singpartitur
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 1609730
Sacred Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1645181
für gem Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 636028
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588568
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588420
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588414
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588147
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1215746
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