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.
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 213762
Krippenspiel für Soli, Kinderchor und Klavier
Chorstimme mit Texten
for: Children's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 655292
für gem Chor a cappella
Die neue Generation der Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 632258
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 577699
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591001
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590908
Flexi-Band [5 Parts] + Chorus [SATB], Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598147
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1658881
Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 3 recorders, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 616052
BR-CPEB E 4
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 234191
Cathedral Music Choral Series
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 645505
Brookfield Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 364327
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 349784
Kleine Weihnachtsmusik
for: Soloist, mixed choir (SAB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 378223
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595167
Eb Bass & Organ
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595166
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595161
für gemischten Chor a capella
Traditionelle Texte in originellen Sätzen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 1659873
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1252422
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671617
hear Those Christmas Bells
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121265
for: Mixed choir (4–6 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 243391
With Chorus SATB
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589287
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588203
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588200
Flexi-Band [4 Parts] & Chorus SATB, Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Glockenspiel & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599307
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126442
Flexi-Band [4 Parts] & Chorus SATB, Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599301
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599208
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594484
Advents-, Weihnachts- und Winterlieder für junge Chöre
for: Women's choir (SA) [Mixed choir (SAM)], piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 770276
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 558307
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 672018
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
mit Kopierrecht
Item no.: 472374
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867732
7 Christmas Carols
on English poems from the 15th and 16th century
for: Women's choir (SSA), harp [piano]
Choir book
Item no.: 1550859
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595164
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590817
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590699
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590675
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590674
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590673
Christmas Cantata
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123428
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Glockenspiel & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596821
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596813
Flexi-Band [5 Parts] + Chorus [SATB], Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598148
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316342
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1289381
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