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 Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125917
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124783
pour choeur à 6 voix
6 partitions
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1557458
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125106
Shawnee Press
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124188
(Dona Nobis Pacem)
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122757
for: Male choir
Item no.: 144089
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1352922
for: Male choir
Item no.: 181128
for: Male choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 181045
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; solo voice ((S/T) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 550811
Oper in vier Akten nach Alarcón "El sombrero de tres picos"
Reprint
Opera Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 461171
Szenisches Spiel (5-8 Jahre)
Schmetterlinge 1
for: Children's choir
Ensemble score
Item no.: 389219
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 604099
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 603942
SATB Chor mit 4-8 gemischte Stimmen und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score, CD
Item no.: 607167
für Soli, gem Chor und Orchester
Studienpartitur (1820)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Item no.: 608602
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 601327
Oper in vier Akten
Opera Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Study scores
Item no.: 581099
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 583437
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1013886
Gegenwartsmusik
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 920954
Requiem–Ausgabe für die Totenmesse und Verabschiedung
für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Solo optional begleitet mit Streichern und/oder Orgel
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), organ; strings ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 681717
nach Psalm 62
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1357823
Opera Explorer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 555888
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
[italienisch, deutsch]
Item no.: 577695
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 620324
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121342
Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgabe – Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 227258
Reger Hybrid Edition of Works, Vol. II/9
with online portal
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1023726
Hasse Works Edition IV/4
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1215730
Hochzeitsdialog
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), violin, 3 violas, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 1659031
BWV 66
Cantata for the Second Easter Day
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, bassoon, violin solo, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1657228
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1655135
Nicolai-Messe Hob. XXII:6
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1653504
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1652730
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1651605
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 336307
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 203648
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 203533
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 485143
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 363550
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 361558
Das 19 Jahrhundert Motettenkompositionen 7
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 365428
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 348957
Aus der Operette "Gasparone"
Leuckart Song-Blatt - Chormusik zur Unterhaltung
for: Male choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 347039
Adventskantate für Soli, Chor und Instrumente
Chorpartitur
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 371727
Populaere Chorliteratur 4
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 372823
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