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.
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 190166
SATB w/opt. Handbells
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856936
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124118
Orchesterfassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 clarinets (B-flat), 2 horns (C), 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 tenor horns, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 499746
for: The parish, mixed choir (SATB), organ [small orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 796641
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124687
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123357
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549920
Mass with Christmas hymns
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 556869
Sueddeutsche Weihnachtsmusik Bd 1
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 265501
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 673456
Ein wirkungsvolles "Ave Maria" von Detlev Schönauer
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 657891
Adeste Fideles
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 487661
Kantate zum 1. Advent
FUER SOPRAN, ALT, 2(3)-STIMMIGEN CHOR SA(B), 2 VL UND BC
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 234561
for: Women's choir (SS), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 602369
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 176000
Oratorio de Noël (Ausgabe nach dem Erstdruck von 1869)
Fassung mit deutschem Text
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 136748
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123053
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1058438
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1126155
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123184
A musical for Key Stages 1-2
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 832022
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 372430
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121429
Weihnachtliche Kantate für drei gleiche Stimmen, Solosopran und Instrumente
for: Solo voice (soprano), women's choir (SSA) [male choir (TTB)], instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 680133
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1057846
Traditional Irish
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1058672
Hinshaw Secular
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1057302
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Item no.: 1682201
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 455964
for: Male choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 647554
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125023
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 227866
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122173
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125789
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1656110
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 297326
4 Christmas Carols
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 371813
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 397492
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 443246
with Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
Discovery Plus Band Series – A Series for Developing Bands
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 674254
Christmas cantata HoWV II.13
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 772199
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 245391
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043477
in Nativitate Domini in nocte
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 490276
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 601423
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 697302
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1655692