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: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 145445
Motet
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 144336
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 145022
for: Women's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 144982
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 279663
Ein Zyklus von sechs Liedern für gemischten Chor mit Begleitung von Klavier und verbindendem Text
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Tenor/Bass
Item no.: 122486
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 122476
The 14 Stations of the Cross
Musicotheca Classica 9
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 198614
Trinklied
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 195749
Plattdeutsches Chorlied
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 195663
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 197157
für Männerchor a cappella
Singpartitur
for: Male choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 120161
Französisches Volkslied
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 120121
Text von Louis Fürnberg
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 123172
MCh/Klav
for: Male choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 121344
Kantate von Goethe
for: Soloist (tenor), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 357569
Sing- und Spielmusik für Liebhaber und Musikfreunde
for: Mixed choir (SB), flute, strings
Score
Item no.: 287597
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 287196
Weihnachtsoratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 287172
Trio and Chorus from the Oratorio 'The Creation Hob XXI:2'
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284746
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285411
Geistliche Chorsätze
früher Chorbuch 1985
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 154272
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 154259
Urtext based on the New Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432661
Motet
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); instruments ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 138513
Madrigal aus Il sesto libro de madrigali
Möseler Chorreihe
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 138478
Sound Of Norway
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 137464
Vokalmusik Aus Dem Ostseeraum 2
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 137364
Alte Kinderlieder am Klavier
Kaleidoskop 61
for: Children's choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 139333
Spiritual
Sing & Play
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 204997
Ein Weihnachtslieder-Medley im Swing-Rhythmus
Sing & Play
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 204981
Sing
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 204914
Sing
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 204910
Nun ist es Zeit, zu singen hell
Vier Weihnachtsmotetten
for: Women's choir (SMezA/SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204702
Nr. 4 aus "Fünf Scherzdialoge"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204690
Romantische Oper in 3 Aufzügen WWV 75
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284549
Romantic Opera in 3 Acts WWV 63
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284547
Dramma giocoso in 2 Akten KV 527
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 284276
Deutsche Oper in zwei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 284270
for: Mixed choir (SAATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 284037
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 280393
"Es wollt eine Frau zum Weine gahn"
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 280349
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 283425
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 283414
4st. Lied
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Ensemble score
Item no.: 283407
75 Chöre u. Sätze f. das gesamte Kirchenjahr. Ausgabe A: für gem. Stimmen a capp.
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 283399
Neue Lieder aus der Steiermark
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 283326
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 202038
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