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.
Repertoire Explorer
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 696400
Oratorium
Hob. XXI:2
Urtext
Chorpartitur mit englischem Text
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 667961
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1652637
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1011504
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 120791
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1565256
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 339456
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 657612
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 931325
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 930760
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 940524
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 942669
for: Women's choir (SSA); piano, flute, hand drum ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745897
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano; flute, percussion ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745876
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; double bass, snare drum ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745870
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745695
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [youth concert band/ brass ensemble/ string ensemble]
Choir score
Item no.: 696504
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746386
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964810
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 633785
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 487905
Pop Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 658339
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678419
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678413
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678405
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678389
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678360
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 465125
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1651706
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 948184
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 982838
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 333553
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1351338
for: Mixed choir (2–5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 771897
for: Mixed choir (5–6 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 771336
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 769205
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 768942
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 373275
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 932274
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1329756
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (facsimile)
Item no.: 929923
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 577685
for: Mixed choir, strings
Score
Item no.: 930787
for: Women's choir (SS), piano
Score
Item no.: 930008
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 929054
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 323781
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1087484
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