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.
(Le grand deuil) Opéra comique in einem Akt
Opera rara Band 5
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 661691
Musik zum Schauspiel von Sophokles
Repertoire Explorer
for: Male choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 291094
Choralkantate
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 290875
for: Children's choir, piano
Item no.: 290832
"Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet"
Bauernkantate - Cantate burlesque
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 292352
Power of Voice: Hits, Standards, Evergreens für Männerchor
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 339201
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 244875
Die kleine Kantate zur Adventszeit
for: Narrator, 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra; children's choir ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 244844
Adventskantate
for: Soloist, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 243538
for: Soloists, mixed choir, chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 248272
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 553982
für gem Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 477427
Getoente Texte Auf Dem Weg~Neue Kantaten Aushannover
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Item no.: 471050
Chorerzählung nach Worten des Alten Testaments
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB), organ
Score
Item no.: 177723
(Botschaft der Meise / The Tomtit's Message)
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 463592
for: Voice [choir], piano
Item no.: 433655
aus "Quatre motets" über gregorianische Gesänge für Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 162513
Lied aus der Operette "Der Vogelhändler"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 176553
Choral Concert Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Item no.: 164387
Oper in 4 Bildern
Musik unserer Zeit
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 166053
for: Mixed choir (8 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 165970
Calmus Ensemble - A-Cappella-Edition Bd. 1
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 462929
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Item no.: 467786
für drei gleiche Stimmen (SAA), Orgel oder 3 Klarinetten
for: Women's choir (SAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 160688
Deutsches Volkslied
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 174205
Just the kind of book choirs are looking for
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 174535
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 429946
Gesänge zur Begräbnisfeier
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 174390
exempla nova 334
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 160483
Gute-Laune-Lieder Nr. 1
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 159970
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 429967
für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 179408
Repertoire Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 170639
mit kritischem Bericht
Ricordi Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 467813
Two Cuban Songs (2)
for: Mixed choir (SSSAAATTTBBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 166857
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 170990
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 565497
9 Settings based on Spanish-Jewish Folk Songs
for: Mixed choir; percussion ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 579863
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 554658
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 174747
Musical
deutschsprachig
for: Choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 226806
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1355046
opéra en trois actes et quatre tableaux
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 227220
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 561304
Oratorium
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 219187
for: Male choir
Item no.: 159314
Estonian Classics
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Conductor score
Item no.: 159303
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 158950
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