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
Item no.: 313217
Siegertitel des ersten Deutschen Gospel-Award 2004
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 116592
Madrigal- und Liedkompositionen aus vier Jahrhunderten für dreistimmig gemischten Chor (SAB)
Chor aktiv Band 8
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 216043
"Es stand vor eines Hauses Tor"
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280465
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 275173
Aus der Oper "Die Zauberflöte"
Klavierpartitur
for: Male choir, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 432394
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 430153
Ausgabe B für 4-stimmigen gemischten Chor und Bläser
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; wind ensemble (8 parts) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 413170
Nr. 4 aus: Sieben Hölderlin-Chöre GeWV 40
Schott Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204919
6. Verger
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204433
Die letzten Tage des Jesus aus Galiläa
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 247066
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 559375
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 550816
for: Male choir
Item no.: 550789
aus "Die Zauberflöte", für gem Chor, Orchester (Klavier)
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307816
for mixed choir a cappella (SATBarB)
for: Mixed choir (SATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 759014
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1019510
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Book
Item no.: 1213478
Dies Solis
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 983195
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 839582
Discovery Jazz
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820709
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799217
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038113
Volksweise aus Estland
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 793979
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 777914
Möseler Chorreihe, 255
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1043243
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041596
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039976
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1039085
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1155293
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1154213
Take, O Take Me As I Am / In Love You Summon
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1153187
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1152404
GIA Hymnals
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1151972
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1151216
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1059281
SATB a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 984734
for: Male choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342808
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867770
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 863396
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 858806
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898658
(Josef Lieber, Josef Mein) from Three Folk Carols
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898550
Dale Warland Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898469
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 892880
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 934838
from Three Choral Settings fr. Alice in Wonderland
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 907217
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 903653
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