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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672416
Award winning at "females featured" competition
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 1690365
from The Little Mermaid (2023)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672511
from Schmigadoon!
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672641
Lyric Fairy Tale in Three Acts
After the historical vocal score (1905)
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1331553
Carus Choir Coach
Practice aids
Voice part basso
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689261
As performed by Jacob Collier
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1633893
Discovery Level 2
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1692226
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1676690
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSAA); tambourine ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1672122
Carus Choir Coach
Practice aids
Soprano
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689254
from The Little Mermaid (2023)
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672507
from "Barbie"
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1672645
für gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1689985
(Goodnight, My Angel)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1684812
Carus Choir Coach
Practice aids
voice part tenore
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689253
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1697155
for a cappella choir
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1661626
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB), piano
Score, 20 choir scores
Item no.: 1178768
für 4 stimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella, op. 79 Nr. 3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660317
Cameron LaBarr
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1690191
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1689523
for: Soloist, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1666672
Traditional Latin
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690650
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 978867
"Dich preist, Allmächtiger"
LoWV 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1689357
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB divisi) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690636
Ergänzt und herausgegeben von Howard Arman
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 1671846
D 950
Arrangement for chamber orchestra
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1659430
Theresienmesse
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 1697175
with the Insertion Movements of the Version in E flat major for Performances over Christmas
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1677576
pour chœur mixte
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1661620
Für Chor gemacht!
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1690096
Tragédie in five acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1689560
mit Einlagesätzen der Es-dur-Fassung für die Aufführung zur Weihnachtszeit
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1673810
für dreistimmigen Chor (SAM) neu gesetzt
for: Mixed choir (SAM), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1660320
БОГОРОДИЦЕ ДЕВО | boɡoˈrodʲitsɛ ˈdʲɛvo
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1664425
su versi di Francesco Petrarca
for: Choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1677663
Spiralbindung
Kinder – Musik – Theater
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 1659702
bearbeitet für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella von Rudi Spring (1995)
op. 58f
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1658498
Dramma eroicomico
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1678155
Dramma eroicomico
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1678154
Musical foray through the undergrowth
Compositions for choir a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Audio-CD
Item no.: 1690805
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1667599
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1684556
Arrangement for soli, choir and 2 pianos and timpani ad lib
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos; timpani ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1682061
nach: Secondate aurette (Akt II, Nr. 21, Così fan tutte)
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Mixed choir (2 voices), organ
Single edition
Item no.: 1690396
Adon olam
Einzelausgabe aus Chorbuch
for: Mixed choir (2 voices), organ
Single edition
Item no.: 1690388