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.
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124009
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121359
Choralia
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; organ ad lib.
Item no.: 281127
Tanzlied für Kinder
Schmetterlinge 2
for: Children's choir
Ensemble score
Item no.: 389376
for: Women's choir [male choir] (3 voices)
Item no.: 472891
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392267
Halt im Gedächtnis Jesum Christ
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392243
Jesus schläft, was soll ich hoffen?
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392215
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 446026
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 659539
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1107835
From the 16th Century
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1565673
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), bassoon
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1561983
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 905781
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905387
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 904609
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904404
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 432129
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931729
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 826091
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 679474
Das Komplett-Paket
for: Choir, organ
5 Scores
Item no.: 559863
Psalm 110 (109)
HWV 232
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1642607
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 954084
Bearbeitung der Matthäus-Passion von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615909
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169397
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125777
Gute-Laune-Lieder Nr. 2
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 159027
Accessible Choral Library
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1530424
für Frauenchor und Orgel (Klavier)
revidierte Fassung von 1975
for: Women's choir, organ [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 381456
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1109740
FROM SWEET CHARITY
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 323241
Cantabo Domino – Jucundum – Ego Laetabor
op. 61b
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 683719
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 204480
Harmonia-Gospel Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906564
Arco Vocal Series
for: Male choir (TTBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 621280
for: Women's choir (SAA) a cappella
Item no.: 465143
for: Male choir
Item no.: 465140
for: Women's choir (SAA) a cappella
Item no.: 456675
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 343427
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 181754
Sinfonia und Kantate
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 234174
for: Male choir
Item no.: 229612
for: Women's choir (3 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 190761
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Conductors part (B-flat), set of parts
Item no.: 668620
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 583380
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 337486
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588730
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