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.
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Children's choir (one voice), 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Choir score
Item no.: 1696437
for: Children's choir (one voice), 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 1696436
Maritimes Weihnachtslied
for: Male choir, piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1558461
für Soli, gemischten Chor und Orchester
Horn 1/2 in F
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Performance score french horns in F
Item no.: 671136
Chorpartitur mit Soli
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 684229
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 647238
Streicher 5.4.3.2.2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [orchestra]
Set of parts
Item no.: 1020186
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1023507
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124036
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 899812
Neuinstrumentierung (2001)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 690346
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169391
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1085785
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124312
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124164
incorporating Toyland & Christmas Was Meant for Children
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123582
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass winds, kettle drums, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 694856
for: Children's choir (1 part), narrator, guitar [piano/keyboard]
Songbook
Item no.: 1681478
for: The parish, mixed choir (SATB), organ [small orchestra]
Set of parts
Item no.: 796640
Text- und Notenausgabe zum Kindersingspiel
for: Children's choir
Songbook
Item no.: 181627
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 556104
Weihnachtsoratorium nach einem mittelalterlichen Mysterienspiel von Arnoul Greban
Study Score 382, Repertoire Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 362005
Ein modernes Krippenspiel für Soli, Kinderchor und instrumente
Liederheft mit Texten
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Songbook
Item no.: 577948
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 551219
French Sacred Music
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for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 232193
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 656070
Lieder, Songs & Evergreens
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 159545
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
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 174023
für 2 gem Chöre, Streicher und Bc, Stimmen Ein Kind geborn zu Bethlehem
for: Favorit choir (SSB), chapell choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 1657304
op. 12
Klavierauszug
for: Women's choir (SSAA), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 140208
op. 36 Nr. 3
Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 237341
Kündlich groß ist das gottselige Geheimnis'
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
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for: Choir
Buch + CD
Item no.: 854964
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124700
Rhythm Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
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for: Women's choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 418596
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