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
Item no.: 340523
Ein modernes Krippenspiel
MP3-CD
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
CD
Item no.: 578125
for: Youth choir
Choir score
Item no.: 487569
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 558532
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 583490
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1656593
Hinshaw Concert
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1058326
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121198
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 463243
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 469551
30 Weihnachtslieder aus 4 Jahrhunderten für 3 Stimmen
30 Weihnachtslieder aus 4 Jahrhunderten für 3 Stimmen
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 199073
Melodiefolge beschwingter Weihnachtslieder
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 611827
Bosse Hits a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 633121
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 301461
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 298435
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double chapell choirs (ATB/SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 232086
O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 661159
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 674035
for mixed choir (SSAAATTBB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SSAAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 683159
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 418597
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276412
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1276402
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 183156
Flexi-Band [4 Parts] & Chorus SATB, Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599298
Französische Weihnachtslieder in Sätzen alten Stils
Möseler Chorreihe
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 213581
"Wir seynd geg'n euch wahrhafte Freund" - Kantate
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392284
Christmas for Band
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1671241
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Percussions & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590899
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590814
Weihnachtssingspiel ab 3 Jahre
Neue Lieder und Spiellieder zur Advents- und Weihnachtszeit
for: Children's choir, piano [guitar]
Audio-CD
Item no.: 150430
Weihnachtssingspiel ab 3 Jahre
Neue Lieder und Spiellieder zur Advents- und Weihnachtszeit - Text- und Notenausgabe
for: Children's choir, piano [guitar]
Songbook
Item no.: 191222
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 181925
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 587620
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1657380
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122700
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1219665
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1219664
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1219661
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1215888
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588212
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588208
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121427
Marsch
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1289371
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121848
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122681
10 berühmte Pastoralsätze bearbeitet für gemischten Chor SATB a cappella (Orgel ad lib.)
Helbling Choral Collections
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 631342
Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar, Tambourine & Drum Set optional
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590708
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 245842
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