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.
Melodiefolge beschwingter Weihnachtslieder
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 611827
Bosse Hits a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 633121
10 berühmte Pastoralsätze bearbeitet für gemischten Chor SATB a cappella (Orgel ad lib.)
Helbling Choral Collections
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 631342
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 301461
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 565846
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 298435
Ein modernes Krippenspiel für Soli, Kinderchor und instrumente
Liederheft mit Texten
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Songbook
Item no.: 577948
Hörspiel-CD zum Kinder-Weihnachtsmusical
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, keyboard
Audio-CD
Item no.: 577928
Christmas and Easter season, songs for other occasions
Musica Sacra egyneműkarra II/1
Karácsonyi és húsvéti ünnepkör, énekek más alkalmakra
for: Women's choir [male choir] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 314012
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317507
Kantate für 4 Solisten, gemischten Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 624250
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315941
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 661052
Niederländisches Weihnachtslied
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 660993
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 656070
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 247294
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 174023
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 477419
Oratorium
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 179130
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 476390
Lieder, Songs & Evergreens
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 159545
Kantate zum Fest Epiphanie
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 362706
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 370569
Weihnachtsoratorium für Soli, Sprecher, Chor und Orchester
Orchesterpartitur
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 377397
für Soli, Chor, 2 Trompeten oder Hörner und Pauken ad lib., 2 Violinen und Basso continuo
aus den Vesperae solennes de Dominica op. 9
kritisch revidierte Neuausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 340076
for: Choir, piano
Item no.: 340523
Weihnachtslied für Frauenchor (Kinderchor) und Orgel
for: Women's choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 374705
Ein modernes Krippenspiel
MP3-CD
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
CD
Item no.: 578125
for: Youth choir
Choir score
Item no.: 487569
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 463243
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 469551
for: Women's choir (3 parts) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 481600
Instrumentalbegleitungen zu 32 ein- und mehrstimmigen Advents- und Weihnachtsgesängen
for: Voice [choir], organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 354470
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 558532
Gemischter Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 105874
Weihnachtsoratorium für Soli, Sprecher, Chor und Orchester
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 578677
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 583490
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 579066
Weihnachtskantate für 2 Solostimmen oder 2-stimmigen Chor, 2 Violinen, Violoncello (Kontrabass) und Orgel (Cembalo)
for: Women's choir (SS) [2 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 119694
30 Weihnachtslieder aus 4 Jahrhunderten für 3 Stimmen
30 Weihnachtslieder aus 4 Jahrhunderten für 3 Stimmen
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 199073
Weihnachtssingspiel ab 3 Jahre
Neue Lieder und Spiellieder zur Advents- und Weihnachtszeit
for: Children's choir, piano [guitar]
Audio-CD
Item no.: 150430
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 483664
für Einzelstimme, Chor (Gemeinde) und Instrumentalbegleitung
for: Mixed choir (1 voice) [the parish]; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 243396
7 Weihnachtslieder für Kinderchor
for: Women's choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 418607
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 420008
Christrosenlied
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 138721
Zwei Minimusicals zur Adventszeit und zwei Krippenspiele
für Kinder von 4 bis 11 Jahren
for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Book
Item no.: 496599
für Sopran, Chor, 2 Trompeten, 2 Violinen, Baß und Pauken
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 334462
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