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: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 746366
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1020566
Cantata for the Feast of Annunciation Day
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 473387
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 1634292
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 797662
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 746365
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803805
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1703938
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1198595
for: Soloist (soprano/mezzo-soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 612850
Christmas Cantata
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 235817
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 186709
Cantata for the feast of Epiphany
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 233092
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 234577
for: 2 voices (SS) [female choir (SS)/mixed choir (SSB)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 279273
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 424855
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 649815
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 660851
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 800154
irisches Weihnachtslied
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1653588
30 Arrangements for equal voices
editionCHORLEITUNG
for: Children's choir [Youth choir] (1–3 voices), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 1689305
Songs in German and English Language for Christmas Season
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 1021794
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 354667
for: Women's choir (SSA), harp [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 487737
Hinshaw Concert
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1671911
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677337
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126771
Kantate zum Weihnachtsfest
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 675213
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
TTBB a cappella
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 429785
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 577683
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1655377
24 Carols for Advent and Christmas
for mixed chorus and organ
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score, CD
Item no.: 1544081
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678410
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746046
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 293290
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano [brass quintet]
Piano score
Item no.: 929083
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 295926
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 633251
Traditional English Round for mixed choir (SAB) and piano
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 679908
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [keyboard, guitar]
Score
Item no.: 498340
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano, percussion ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1655685
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 492232
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 469899
for: Choir (2 voices), piano; flute ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 797628
from Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 744863
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1167541
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167488
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 894167
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