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: 8 soloists (SSAATTBB), mixed choir (SATB)
Choir score
Item no.: 688666
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 459223
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 116315
Opera in three acts HWV 33
Bärenreiter Urtext
Hallische Händel-Ausgabe. Serie II Volume 32
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 765049
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 643652
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778093
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 289319
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 116101
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Singpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 115713
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1148172
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196633
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 148370
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1705613
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 885084
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 366960
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 874147
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1628566
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1627828
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1628261
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1628059
5 Welt-Hits für 3 gleiche Stimmen
for: Women's choir (SSA) [male choir (TTB)] a cappella
Piano score
Item no.: 247604
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 687196
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 908950
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 907090
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683766
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format)
Item no.: 677224
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 330220
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 303669
for: Women's choir, piano
Item no.: 300942
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 404949
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801711
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 132369
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116492
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 876474
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Vocal score, Solo part(s)
Item no.: 414725
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 184194
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 136998
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 638909
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 674830
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 559375
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Choir part Tenor/Bass
Item no.: 344743
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 339786
for: Mixed choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 333434
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 327848
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 266250
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 241849
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392163
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 889655