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.
Stimmbildungslied für Kinderchöre
for: Children's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 1639463
for: Children's choir (one part), piano; melody instrument ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1639172
In honorem Beatae Mariae Virginis de Perpetuo Succursu
for: Women's choir (SA) [mixed choir (SATB)], organ
Score
Item no.: 1639149
Poem for Music in 2 Preludes, an Intermezzo and 3 Principal Scenes
piano vocal score of both versions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1633830
Cantata for Pentecost
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1633841
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1633847
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 1634292
from "Tarzan"
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1633949
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582667
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1633236
for: Choir (one voice), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1632018
for: Choir (one voice), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1632017
Eine Kantate über die Schöpfung, Aggregatzustände und das Mysterium der Trinität
Für Kinder von 6–15 Jahren
for: Children's choir (1–3 parts), narrator, instruments
Score
Item no.: 1632403
Graduale an den Festen heiliger Kirchenlehrer WAB 30,2 und 20
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1632316
Motette WAB 6
for: Mixed choir (SAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1632315
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1629261
Choral Music of Our Time
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1629797
5 Lieder zu Trauer, Abschied und Zuversicht
for: Mixed choir (SATB), keyboard instrument
Score
Item no.: 1629048
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass winds, kettle drums, organ
Score
Item no.: 1615839
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass winds, kettle drums, organ
Vocal score, Choir score, Organ reduction
Item no.: 1615841
for: Choir
2 Audio-CDs
Item no.: 1615947
RV 610
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1612001
CG 147, 1855
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1612004
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1612006
für Sekundarstufe II
for: School choir (high school)
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 1558738
Das Seniorenchorbuch
for: Choir (2 voices), piano; treble recorder ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1558704
Helbling Secular Choral Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611194
Chorus XXI
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611207
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611205
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [brass winds]
Score, online media
Item no.: 1611187
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611204
Helbling Secular Choral Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611203
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611196
mit Knackfröschen
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611219
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611201
Kanon für 4 Stimmen und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (4 voices), piano
Music score, online media (app)
Item no.: 1611186
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611221
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 1611197
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611193
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611198
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1611215
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611191
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611220
Helbling Secular Choral Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611200
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611214
Lateinische Messe
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1611190
for: Solo voice (soprano), women's choir (SMezAA), a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611217
Lamentoso
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1611224
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