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: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 463895
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1154568
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1153166
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1150281
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1150775
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1158535
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158885
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1160461
for: Children's choir (SMezA), piano
Score
Item no.: 466353
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 209845
for: Children's choir [women's choir] (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 139685
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 908953
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1565843
for: Big band; mixed choir (SATB) ad lib.
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 208958
Christmas Songs for female voices
for: Solo voice (soprano), women's choir (SMezA)
Score
Item no.: 850967
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 681738
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 661347
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 673462
for: Soloists, mixed choir, big band
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1670933
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919075
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1037965
Quintet Collection
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 919458
SATB and Piano, 4 Hands
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano 4 hands
Choir score
Item no.: 1107939
Messe
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041071
Hinshaw Concert
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903795
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 669510
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 854757
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 918095
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122810
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 669540
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 919361
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918550
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167311
A Christmas Musical
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 832052
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 476793
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 190166
Walton Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984624
Ding Dong Merrily on High, Jingle Bells and Carol of the Bells
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124774
SATB w/opt. Handbells
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856936
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124118
Orchesterfassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 clarinets (B-flat), 2 horns (C), 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 tenor horns, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 499746
for: The parish, mixed choir (SATB), organ [small orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 796641
Hinshaw Concert
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 901203
No. 1. The Star of Christmas Morning
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1078027
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124687
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123357
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549920
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856560
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