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.
Brass Parts
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 856587
from The Voices of Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126729
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1022167
Krippenspiel – Weihnachtsmusical
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 690951
Mark Foster
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1125878
Handbell Part C5-C7 (23 bells)
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 855550
Christrose
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 695349
Swiss Composers Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549533
PraiseSong Christmas Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1169392
Kinder-Weihnachtsmusical für Darsteller, Kinderchor und Instrumente
Chorpartitur
for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 577927
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 457112
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 489433
für Männerchor a cappella
Singpartitur
for: Male choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 120161
for: Children's choir, instruments
Item no.: 343675
Du steigest von den Sternen – bekanntes italienisches Weihnachtslied
zwei Soli oder 1-2stimmiger Gemeindegesang und Klavier
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 336021
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1125134
10 Exemplaires
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1070891
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 362081
Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124755
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124458
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 493005
Entstehungszeit evtl. um 1610
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1668623
African Christmas Greeting
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126507
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125016
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123520
Kantate zum Advent/Weihnachten
für Tenor, gemischten Chor, Streicher, Orgel
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 656588
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1655688
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122989
Christmas Cantata
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123935
for: 5 voices [5 instruments]
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 569506
Choralia
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 168632
Bring and raise Offerings
Final movement of the Christmas Oratorio, op. 12
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 665181
für Männerchor (TTBB) a cappella
Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 684632
für gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 136639
für Soli (ATB), gem. Chor, 2 Hörner, Streicher, Bc
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 372270
Glory Sound Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126765
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126313
für Soli, gemischten Chor und Orchester
Spielpartitur Violine 1/2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Ensemble score
Item no.: 671137
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124828
Shawnee Press
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1123857
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123456
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122846
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 272097
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 154259
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
DT NORWEG
Item no.: 203618
for: Male choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 345561
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 421194
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