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: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 671892
Süßmayr-Version
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Alto
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 663378
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 660374
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 659817
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766771
for: School class
Teachers book, CD
Item no.: 770182
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 771331
for: Choir
Teachers book
Item no.: 765491
for: School class
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 765348
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music lesson book
Item no.: 775503
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 642155
Percorsi propedeutici per l'Educazione musicale nella Scuola Primaria
for: School class
Teacher's book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207675
Para descubrir el lenguaje musical cantando, escuchando, tocando...
Descubrir, explorar, crear
for: School class
Music lesson book, online playback
Item no.: 769455
Grado medio
for: School class
Music lesson book
Item no.: 765369
20 Canti tradizionali africani arrangiati per coro di bambini
for: Children's choir
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1549144
Percorsi propedeutici per l'educazione e la pratica vocale
for: School class
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207546
Grado medio
for: School class
Music lesson book
Item no.: 765779
Ein rhythmisches Liederbuch
for: Children's choir, Orff instruments
Sheet music, Audio tape
Item no.: 643950
Album di 5 Canti Patriottici
for: Male choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 997712
Singen und Musizieren mit der ganzen Klasse
8 Songs und Spielstücke von Bob Marley, The Police, Seeed, UB 40 u. a.
for: School class
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 1160734
for: Children's choir (one part), piano; melody instrument ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1639172
Impuls
Das neue Musikbuch für die Sekundarstufe 1 (Klasse 5 und 6)
ca. 30 Filmsequenzen
for: School class
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 772247
Corsi di introduzione alla musica
for: School class
Teacher's book
Item no.: 1209968
for: Children's choir (School class /music school group)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 776215
Anregungen – Einsichten – Übungen
Forum Musikpädagogik 71
for: Choir
Study book
Item no.: 447173
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 467954
Bodypercussion für Fortgeschrittene ab 13 Jahren
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 632098
Edition Schultheiss
for: Choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 180120
aus dem "Gloria" für gemischten Chor, Sopran-Solo und Orchester
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740388
for: Choir
2 Books (softcover)
Item no.: 353087
aus: Schott's Chorbuch II
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731014
Tratschende Frauen; aus: Zwei Kanons; Slowakische Volksdichtung in ungarischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730989
op. 59/3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730984
Johannes 3, 16
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730974
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730969
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 347933
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 445272
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 482859
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.: 341531
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 313890
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
2 Playback-CDs (choir part bass)
Item no.: 302692
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Alto
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part alto)
Item no.: 174865
for: Mixed choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1012898
for: Choir
Teachers book
Item no.: 765493
for: Male choir, piano
Music score
Item no.: 774869
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 770545
Coronation Mass
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Soprano
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 685687
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 684901
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