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.
Método para la creación de un coro de niños y no tan niños
for: Children's choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 768962
for: School class
Students book
Item no.: 1207662
Música y movimiento
Juegos y cuentos infantiles, 7 años
for: School class
Students book, playback-CD
Item no.: 766606
Percorsi propedeutici per l'educazione e la pratica vocale
for: School class
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207548
Nella scuola dell'infanzia
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 1207573
Übehilfe für Chorsänger – Ausgabe für Alt
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 680092
nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift
op. 45
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 677693
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Tenor
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 170085
Repertorio di canto ambrosiano
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 1008987
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Alto
for: 3 solo voices (STB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Alt)
Item no.: 299205
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 560051
Eine Hilfe für Redner, Chorleiter und Sänger
for: Voice [choir]
Book
Item no.: 332637
Die ganzheitliche Methode für entspanntes und gesundes Musizieren
Studienbuch Musik (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Musicians
Book
Item no.: 152238
schulmusik plus
for: School choir
Students book
Item no.: 478010
Etüde E-Dur op. 10/3 (Tristesse)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 346579
Chorstimme Bass – Übe-CD für Chorsänger
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 682138
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Alto
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part alto)
Item no.: 605901
Beiträge zur Formanalyse und Interpretation mehrstimmiger Vokalmusik
for: Choir
2 Books (softcover)
Item no.: 213666
Einsingen im Chor
Übungsprogramm für 10 Abende
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 180737
Band 2: Praktische Stimmbildung für 4-12-jährige Kinder in 15 Geschichten
for: Children's choir
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 475486
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Alto
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part alto)
Item no.: 560052
Carus Choir Coach
Übe-CD für Chörsänger
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Alt)
Item no.: 770543
Fassung für Sinfonieorchester (1900)
Übe-Hilfe für Chorsänger – Bass
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 684898
Traditional version (1739/1749)
Carus Choir Coach
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 682748
Marienvesper SV 206
Ausgabe für Tenor
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
4 Playback-CDs (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 676145
Übe-CDs für Chorsänger - Bass
Carus Choir Coach
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
3 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 671997
Carus Choir Coach: Sopran
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
4 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 670145
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Tenor
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 665314
Messa a 4 voci con orchestra, SC 6
Übe-CD für Chorsänger
for: 2 soloists (TBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 688557
nach dem französischen Original "La lune a disparu !"
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano; flute ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1654489
Übe-CD's für Chorsänger
Ausgabe für Tenor
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos, harmonium
3 Playback-CDs (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 676639
Marienvesper SV 206
Ausgabe für Bass
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
4 Playback-CDs (choir part bass)
Item no.: 676146
Part Exercises
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 642140
Oratorium
Urtext - Neuausgabe nach den Quellen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 656433
Nueva edición – Grado elemental
for: School class
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 769505
CD Chorstimme Sopran
Chorsingen leichtgemacht - Lernen im Selbststudium
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos, harmonium
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 364708
"Coronation Mass"
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 145734
Un viaggio emozionante tra musica e parole
for: School class
Music score, CD
Item no.: 1552777
Corsi di introduzione alla musica
for: School class
Study book
Item no.: 1209967
per il coro liturgico ed amatoriale
for: Choir
Study book
Item no.: 776217
proposte di educazione musicale per bambini della prima infanzia
for: School class
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 775403
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
2 Playback-CDs (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 302689
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Tenor
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
2 Playback-CDs (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 336628
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Alto
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 665315
Sounds, Patterns, Styles
DAS Lehrbuch für Unterrichtspraxis und Selbststudium
for: School class
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 617762
op. 50/4
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753993
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753986
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753959
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