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.
An Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text
Practice CD for choir singers – Edition for tenor
mp3 format
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
4 Playback-CDs (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 680545
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 680091
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
3 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 674494
Süßmayr-Version
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Soprano
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 663112
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 658347
Rhythmisches Gruppen- und Klassenmusizieren mit Buch, Heft, Papier, Lineal, Radiergummi, Münzen und Stift
Für Kinder und Jugendliche von 8-14 Jahren
for: Children's choir (School class /music school group)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 609268
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Tenor
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos, harmonium
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 350938
for: School class
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 769080
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Tenor
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 482959
for: Choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 633017
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
2 Playback-CDs (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 299183
Einführung in Hamburger Schülerkonzerte 7
Schüler im Konzert
for: School class
Study book
Item no.: 372284
Urtext Stuttgarter Händel-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harpsichord [organ] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582037
Per l'intero Corso triennale
for: School class
Book
Item no.: 768473
Een handleiding voor een goede [koor] zangtechniek
for: Choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 602524
Guida pratica per insegnanti di educazione musicale e maestri di coro
for: Choir
Study book
Item no.: 770834
Urtext Stuttgarter Händel-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582033
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 779204
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778723
Singen + Musizieren
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 298970
Urtext Stuttgarter Händel-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Bassoon (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582036
Oratorium
Urtext - Neuausgabe nach den Quellen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 656430
for: School class
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 774978
Oratorium
Urtext - Neuausgabe nach den Quellen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 656432
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778091
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 1025304
Die Kölner Chorschule für Kinder
for: Children's choir
Chef de chœur, cahier d'exercices, affiches, livrets de devoirs, DVD
Item no.: 816969
Metodo semplice e facile per l'apprendimento iniziale della musica nella scuola elementare
for: School class
Music lesson book
Item no.: 990249
An Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text
Practice CD for choir singers – Edition for alto
mp3 format
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
4 Playback-CDs (choir part alto)
Item no.: 680546
Urtext Stuttgarter Händel-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582032
Urtext Stuttgarter Händel-Ausgaben
Komplettes Orchestermaterial
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 677100
Urtext Stuttgarter Händel-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582034
Cantata for Easter Sunday
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 769179
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 778421
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 776222
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778567
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 777706
Oratorium
Urtext - Neuausgabe nach den Quellen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 656429
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 303031
10 canti per coro a 1, 2 e 4 voci ed organo
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1016921
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778271
Oratorium
Urtext - Neuausgabe nach den Quellen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 656431
per la scuola dell'infanzia e primaria
for: School class
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 774964
for: Soloist, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 776815
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778613
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778576
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 777979
Ein Krippenspiel
Singstimmen
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 1549554
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