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.
A Carol for treble voice(s) with SATB (or SA) chorus and piano
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 890648
Cantata for the 24th Sunday after Trinity
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233026
1st Sunday after Trinity
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 313899
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 983106
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964761
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1192512
A cantata for young voices
for: Youth choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 198581
VOCES8 Singles Series
(Piano for rehearsal only)
for: Mixed choir (SSATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1012981
from 'The Hour-Glass'
A Cycle of Songs to Poems by Ben Jonson
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 696261
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 173903
Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 120258
aus "Rinaldo"
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 122916
aus der Oper "Fürst Igor"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 358918
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1610039
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 932557
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 931357
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934137
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 928889
Traditional Afro-American Chant
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 645853
Serie: Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), string orchestra, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 633320
Weltlich
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1317560
The Royal Carol
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1010437
VOCES8 Singles Series
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1552218
This World
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 162409
Irish Folksong
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SABar), piano; flute ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 635225
for: Male choir (TBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 943866
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 935447
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936883
from the Musical "Grease"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1667214
from the Musical "The Wiz"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746228
from the musical "Something Rotten!"
Pop Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746216
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746189
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746021
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746019
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745963
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745884
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745742
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745724
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 745196
from "Bring It On the Musical"
Alfred Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746342
from the Musical "Grease"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746328
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 764027
Traditional Irish Melody
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660830
Traditional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1660829
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1660826
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1660802
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660797
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