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.
für Männerchor a cappella
mit Klavierstimme zur Probenzwecken
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1667838
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964814
Hinshaw Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1583037
Inclusion in Band and Orchestra
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1549341
Nr. 2 aus: Four Songs at Year's End
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 677192
Nr. 4 aus: Four Songs at Year's End
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 677193
Concordance
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 919012
Choral
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125525
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964769
Performance/Accompaniment CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1117487
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964733
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103190
Hinshaw Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1583031
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103599
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964793
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964747
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556297
Geistliche Musik nach einem Text von Emily Dickinson für Frauenchor a cappella
for: Women's choir (SSMMAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 635328
"Dir gehört mein Herz" aus dem Musical "Tarzan"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 623916
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964727
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121081
The Choral Music of Latin America and the Caribbean
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1643683
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Male choir (TTBB); 2 violins, viola, cello ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 550796
Based on Psalm 57
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1559823
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 832044
for mixed chorus and piano
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1664022
Vocal Studio 99
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 334310
Performance Ideas for Choirs
for: Children's choir; piano [guitar] ad lib.
Score (teacher's manual)
Item no.: 1652528
Chorlieder für 4 gemischte Stimmen
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 655297
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 796772
6 neue geistliche Songs für gemischten Chor (SAM)
for: Mixed choir (SABar), 2 melodic instruments (C/B-flat), piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 673695
(Cannons)
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (STTTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1667309
Paradise road
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 915739
for: Mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1015578
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Item no.: 465108
12 Spirituals für gemischten Chor (SAAM) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SAABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 775064
We are here to sing
13 afrikanische Chorlieder aus Namibia
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 614059
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 579716
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Item no.: 550833
A Fractured Fable of Frogs, Folks and Falling Skies
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1656842
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 692241
10 magical songs to make you really smile.
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 831800
Moderne Chorjodler
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 667351
Musical-Querschnitt für gemischten Chor und Begleitung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 680905
Revised
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950988
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 346804
VOCES8 Singles Series
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1559599
Der Löwe schläft heut' Nacht
for: Soloist, male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 485107
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