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: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 409550
Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 392257
Es ist ein trotzig und verzagt Ding
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392233
Es erhub sich ein Streit
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392228
Schauet doch und sehet
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392226
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 392221
Christ lag in Todesbanden
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392212
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Study score
Item no.: 392185
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 395056
aus dem Weihnachts-Oratorium
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 117128
Acht Motetten
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 117057
Ausgabe für Vocal-Chöre, voll textiert. Zusammen verwendbar BA 6664 (Ausgabe für Vocal- und Bläserchöre)
Psalm 100 (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB, SATB), Basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116987
Cantata for Easter Tuesday
Third version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116699
Orgelsolo–Messe – KV 259
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ solo
Score
Item no.: 116538
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano [band]
Score
Item no.: 352381
Sinfonie No. 9
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 611144
Bärenreiter-Chorblätter 42
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 117847
Eine Auswahl von Motetten für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 117526
Musik der Thomaskantoren zu Leipzig
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 117517
Kann es wirklich Liebe sein
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 604292
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 604284
Weihnachtsoratorium
In Dulci Jubilo – Musik zur Weihnachtszeit
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) [6 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo; instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 603998
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 603987
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Item no.: 373605
for: Male choir
Item no.: 433844
Motette für gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 370389
for: Male choir
Item no.: 370365
Rock-Oratorium für Soli, Chor, Band und Bläser
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Keyboard
Item no.: 369581
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 369332
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 369300
für Soli (ATB), gem. Chor, 2 Hörner, Streicher, Bc
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 372270
Der Kammerchor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 372217
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 372080
"Nelson Mass"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 372062
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 371993
Männerchor
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 371960
SAATB or S solo with viols
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 371932
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 371871
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 491398
für die heilige Christnacht
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 371364
Singpartitur
Singpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 371193
Kleine Osterkantate für gem Chor und 4 Bläser (Orgel)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 trumpets, 2 trombones [organ]
Score
Item no.: 370892
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (Bar), orchestra, organ
Harp (orchestral part)
Item no.: 370879
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 370032
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 566225
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 142197
für gemischten Chor (SATB), zwei Trompeten und zwei Posaunen
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 trumpets, 2 trombones
Score
Item no.: 456145
Oratio spei
for: 3 soloists (STBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction, solo parts
Item no.: 427668
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