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.
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 560569
Concert Festival Series
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 555996
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 555989
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 557669
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 557598
Es war ein Tierlein
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 271997
Plattdeutsche Choralmotette
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 271943
Repertoire Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 555803
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 106946
Ein unterhaltsames Herbstmusical für 7- bis 11-Jährige
Heft und AudioCD
Helbling Mini-Musicals (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Score, CD
Item no.: 583479
Sing & Play
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 280256
Chorpartitur
Sing & Play
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 204993
Sueddeutsche Orgel Und Chormusik Der Klassik Und Romantik 9
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 204021
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 268526
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 350184
Erstdruck
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, cello, organ
Score
Item no.: 609456
Lehrerhandbuch (Neuauflage)
for: Children's choir (School class /music school group)
Teachers book
Item no.: 606843
auf ein Gedicht von Carl Busse (1872–1918)
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
Study Score 1213
for: Choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 607649
A powerful choice for young choirs!
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Piano score, choir score
Item no.: 606802
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 602582
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 604261
Erstdruck
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 603988
Psalm 126:5 Die mit Tränen säen, werden mit Freuden ernten.
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), 3 viole da gamba, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 635508
für gem Chor a cappella
Die Psalmen aus dem evangelischen Gesangbuch
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 603133
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 602131
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 333319
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 151834
Repertoire Explorer
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Study score
Item no.: 144726
Begleit-CD
for: Youth choir
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 638228
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 612102
Version for soprano or tenor solo, mixed choir, string quintett and organ
Musique sacrée française
for: Solo voice (S/T), mixed choir (SATB), string quintet, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 687465
Totengesang der Frauen und Mädchen
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 423960
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 479079
Potpourri goldener Evergreens von Walter Kollo, Peter Kreuder, Will Meisel und Gerhard Winkler
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 216552
Kinderkantate
for: Children's choir, piano, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 1659708
aus: Psalmen Davids
Psalmkonzert
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1668475
Oxford Choral Classics
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1668456
Western Traditional
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1059049
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801754
Hinshaw Secular
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 902445
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 902189
Hinshaw Secular
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1058875
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1058659
Hinshaw Secular
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1058399
Shawnee Sacred
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126704
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1125043
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124921
New York Voices Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124144
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