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.
Musical Drama (Hamburg 1726)
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1689637
Opera in two acts (final version) / in one act (original version)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615908
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), oboe, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1701685
for: Choir, organ
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 1552731
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi), organ
Score
Item no.: 1552723
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1701728
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), oboe, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1701639
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1701729
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1701621
for: 2 soloists (AB), mixed choir (SATB), oboe d'amore, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1701684
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1701664
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1701616
Musical für vier Bläserchöre
(in unterschiedlichen Schwierigkeitsgraden)
for: Children's [youth choir], narrator, instruments
Score
Item no.: 1701525
Sequential Sight-Reading in the Choral Classrooom
Student Edition
for: School class
Students book
Item no.: 1701368
Festival Choral
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1701367
Choral Exploration
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1701364
(For All the Children)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1701374
Voices Rising
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1701371
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1701372
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1701366
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1701377
Exigence Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1701363
(For All the Children)
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1701376
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1701380
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1701381
Pop Choral Series
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1701373
Helbling Sacred Choral Music
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1701348
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi), organ
Score
Item no.: 1701311
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1701219
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1701235
Latin Mass
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1701195
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir book, online audio (app)
Item no.: 1701193
Helbling Sacred Choral Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1701209
Latin Mass
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1701199
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1701204
Helbling Choral Concert Series (HCCS)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1701248
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1701234
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 1690281
for: Choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1690261
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1697280
Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1697281
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1697279
Theresienmesse
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 1697175
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 1697176
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1697165
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 1697171
Ballade für Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (ATBarB) [ATB], mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 1697177
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1697182
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