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.
(Teaching material)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music lesson book
Item no.: 578893
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730970
14 Action- und Wellness-Songs für Schule, Chor und Zuhause
Notenausgabe inklusive Audio-CD und App
for: School choir
Music score, Audio-CD, app
Item no.: 775935
Negro Spiritual
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731030
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 491885
Negro Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733618
Negro Spiritual
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 744129
Negro Spiritual
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731029
Negro Spiritual
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731028
Negro Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730991
Music and Movement
Suena suena
for: School class
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 776255
Negro Spiritual
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753999
Plantation Song
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740393
Negro Spiritual; Nr. 2 aus Passion Spirituals
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731031
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730992
Old folks at home
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731027
for: School class
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1556224
Come avvicinarsi alla musica con entusiasmo e creatività
for: School class
Teacher's book
Item no.: 1207522
Percorsi propedeutici per l'Educazione musicale nella Scuola Primaria
for: School class
Teacher's book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207654
Con carte da gioco
Educazione musicale inclusiva
for: School class
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1032121
for: School class
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207547
Percorsi propedeutici per l'Educazione musicale nella Scuola Primaria
for: School class
Teacher's book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207683
for: School class
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 1207624
Fennell, Hindsley, and Revelli
for: Choir
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 494854
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 432795
Ode an die Freude
Übe-CD (mp3) für Chorsänger
Ausgabe für Tenor
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 660375
Oratorium
CD [2] Chorstimme Bass
Chorsingen leichtgemacht - Lernen im Selbststudium
for: Mixed choir a cappella
CD
Item no.: 364048
Un conte musical
for: Voice [choir]; accompanying instrument ad lib.
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 772451
for: School class
Songbook
Item no.: 1558717
for: School class
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 1115053
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 775860
Ode an die Freude
Übe-CD (mp3) für Chorsänger
Ausgabe für Alt
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Alt)
Item no.: 660377
Fiaba in Musica
for: School class
Music score, CD
Item no.: 1556081
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733626
Mazedonisches Volkslied; Nr. 1 aus: Vier jugoslawische Hochzeitslieder
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731026
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753985
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753965
Carus Choir Coach
Übe-CD für Chorsänger
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 770544
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 495754
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 1012896
for releasing the voice at the start of a practice
An essential resource for the choir director's shelf
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 444519
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 583935
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 153543
Carus Choir Coach
Ausgabe für Sopran
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
4 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 674635
for: Children's choir
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 261756
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part bass)
Item no.: 104123
Almost 1001 Tips for Choral Directing
for: Choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 679756
for: School class
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1025048
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