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: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 196476
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 195785
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 195666
Heidelberger Chorblätter
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 121945
Heidelberger Chorblätter
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 121935
Operette in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 281944
Zwölf Lieder
Musikalisches Märchen für Streichquartett
for: Narrator, 3 violins, cello; children's choir ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 200023
Ein musikalisches Märchen
Zwölf Lieder für Blockflötenquartett
for: Narrator, 4 recorders (SATB); children's choir ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 200019
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Item no.: 203665
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 203642
"Nun steht Onkel Sam noch an der Spitze der Welt"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203494
"Bescheiden verborgen"op. 11/2
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 203467
4. Feiertag in Dixieland "Heut ist ein Fest"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203410
1. Jesus und Nikodemus "Es war aber ein Mensch"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202836
Gemischter Chor mit 2 Trompeten und 3 Posaunen (Tuba ad lib.) oder a cappella oder mit Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella; organ [2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 202592
3. Angst vorm Schwimmunterricht: "Vorher denk ich immer"
for: Children's choir (SSMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202418
1. Morgenlied "Die Sterne sind erblichen"op. 31
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203014
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 202908
"Fischen, Jagen, Vogelstellen"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202904
Sacrum Militare Oratorium
für Soli, gem Chor und Orchester Partitur (la)
for: 6 soloists (SSMezAA/SATBarB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 388618
Rezitative und turbae von Reinhard Keiser (1674-1739)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 145231
for: Women's choir [children's choir] a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 145101
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 151834
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 140543
Repertoire Explorer
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Study score
Item no.: 144726
aus „Kiss me, Kate“
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 158731
Folk
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 159678
Musik der "Swinging Islands"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 157991
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 157983
Swingender Satz
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 156430
Möseler Chorreihe
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 409627
"Das Leiden unseres Herren Jesu Christi nach dem Heiligen Evangelisten Marco"
für zwei Solostimmen (ST), Favoritchor (SATB) und Capellchor (SSATB)
Das Chorwerk 66
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (favorite SSATB, capella SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 409616
Geistliche Gesänge nach liturgischen Texten
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 409574
Folkloresätze für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 409547
3 Männerchöre a cappella nach Volkstexten
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 113415
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 399996
Neue Kantaten Aus Hannover
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 443423
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 456662
Eine Geschichte aus dem Morgenland - Musical für 7- bis 12-Jährige
Klavierpartitur
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Piano score
Item no.: 488119
Blues-Variationen für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 472763
"Symphonie der Tausend"
Ausgabe für alle Chöre
for: Solists, boys’ choir, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 149521
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 136872
Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392250
Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392234
Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn' und Schild
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392210
Oratorium
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392180
partitura un prologo e un atto (1944-1948)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 389688
Kaleidoskop 59
for: Children's choir
Score
Item no.: 389403
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