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.
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103173
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105446
Nr. 1 aus: Spirit Songs. Five arrangements for choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 677189
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100965
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1076692
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 925843
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984628
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984621
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 906620
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 823389
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 695894
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124889
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1053342
Jamaican Folk Song
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir (2 voices), handbells
Choir score
Item no.: 1556345
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 938721
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982870
Folk
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982627
Geistliche Lieder für Chor und Instrumente in flexiblen Arrangements
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Choir book
Item no.: 680207
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 445701
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 687206
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101324
for: Mixed choir (SAT), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 588163
Lyric Collection of Choral Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103223
Oratorium für drei Solostimmen (STB), gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 680589
The fascinating art of making percussion sounds with your voice
English version
for: Children's choir (School class /music school group)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 675923
Fair Maid Of Perth
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1660206
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121087
PraiseSong Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169380
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 369011
Ea163
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105397
Tuskegee Choir Series
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 482448
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1037219
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556294
GIA Music Education
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1159428
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
Study Score 765
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1345292
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1087178
Eine Kantate
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 616315
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103328
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103168
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Flute, mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 913781
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907205
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 906326
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906241
from the oratorio 'Goodbye my Fancy'
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 889663
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1556566
Musica Britannica 105
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1056869
Oratorio
MWV A 14
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205768
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1192488
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