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: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 293745
Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392250
Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392234
Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn' und Schild
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392210
for: Choir, organ
Chorpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 879684
Opera in three acts HWV 40
Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (HHA) II/39
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745185
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1262091
Das Arbeitsbuch für die lebendige Vocal-Pop-Performance
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score with lyrics and stage direction
Item no.: 663060
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 612936
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314916
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314617
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121269
Ballet héroïque in einem Prolog und vier Akten RCT 44
Fassung 1736
Jean-Philippe Rameau. Opera Omnia (OOR) IV/2+7
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696664
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121296
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121844
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1010584
für gemischten Chor (SATB), Orgel oder 5 Blechbläser
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664767
Vier Lieder im Volkston
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 485032
für gem Chor (Soli) und Orgel (Streichorchester) - 1999, revidierte Fassung 2002
Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [string orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 499824
Rock im Chor a cappella 4
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 368601
Chor (SATB) & Klavier
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 590111
Ein grooviges Grundschul-Grusical
Gesamtausgabe mit Klavierstimme (+CD mit Songs und Playbacks)
for: Soloists, choir, narrator, piano
Piano score, CD
Item no.: 670922
Daybreak Easter Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167462
Oratorium nach einem Text von Gerhard Monninger
für Erzähler, Bariton, gemischten Chor und Instrumente
for: Solo voice (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), narrator, flute, alto saxophone, strings, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 674080
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 858635
in 10 volumes
for: Mixed choir a cappella
10 music scores (Urtext)
Item no.: 585434
Acht neue geistliche Lieder
Chorpartitur ohne Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 658398
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 1192594
für Männerchor und Klavier
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 683670
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1655473
für gem Chor und Blechbläser Partitur und Stimmen (inkl. 20 CHP)
Pop Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 594499
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595773
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595752
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 331197
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 212040
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 480217
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Sammelband (Chorpartitur)
Item no.: 188832
for: Male choir
Item no.: 183988
for: Male choir
Item no.: 184105
Ein Popical für Kinder ab 11 Jahre und Jugendliche
Kaleidoskop
for: Children's choir, instruments
Piano score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 216275
Heut' ist so ruhig der See
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 550803
8 Psalmvertonungen und geistlich Lieder für gemischten Chor (SATB)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 461496
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 284046
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 279317
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 563255
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 251074
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587916
Blasorchester
for: Male choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587862
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