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.
Percorsi propedeutici per l'Educazione musicale nella Scuola Primaria
for: School class
Teacher's book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207654
Percorsi propedeutici per l'educazione e la pratica vocale
for: School class
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207546
Percorsi propedeutici per l'Educazione musicale nella Scuola Primaria
for: School class
Teacher's book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207675
Cantata for Easter
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1340640
for: School class
Students book
Item no.: 1207638
Percorsi propedeutici per l'Educazione musicale nella Scuola Primaria
for: School class
Teacher's book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207633
for: School class
Students book
Item no.: 1207669
Percorsi propedeutici per l'educazione e la pratica vocale
for: School class
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207548
for: School class
Students book
Item no.: 1207662
for: School class
Students book
Item no.: 1207665
Serie II Volume III
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 962512
Gran Concerto
for: School class
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207691
for: School class
Students book
Item no.: 1207639
Percorsi propedeutici per l'Educazione musicale nella Scuola Primaria
for: School class
Teacher's book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207652
Suono, Musica, Arte et Teatro nella Scuola di base
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 1207603
Come far crescere più sani, coscienti e responsabili i nostri piccoli uomini e le nostre piccole donne grazie al contributo della musica, del canto, della recitazione e del dialogo positivo
for: School class
Study book
Item no.: 1207613
Manuale pratico per la formazione e la direzione corale infantile
for: Children's choir
Study book
Item no.: 1207592
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1150967
Chorpartitur (mit Kopiererlaubnis)
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano; instruments ad lib.
Choir score, CD
Item no.: 1340635
for: School class
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 1207624
nella Scuola di base
for: School class
Music lesson book, CD, DVD
Item no.: 1207620
Il Musical
Il primo musical under 16
for: Children's choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 1207640
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 878254
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 891334
Novello Tudor Anthems
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 875044
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038770
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 1207636
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930813
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1040132
Fare musica a scuola incontrando John Cage
for: School class
Book
Item no.: 1207627
Psicomotricità, emozioni e fantasia nella Scuola d'Infanzia
for: School class
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 1207641
I colori del ritmo
for: School class
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 1207642
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 1207643
for: School class
Book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207663
Nel Laboratorio di Musica
for: School class
Book
Item no.: 1207660
for: School class
Book
Item no.: 1207649
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1340622
from "Musae Sionae IX, 1611"
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 897150
L’arte del suono e del gesto per crescere insieme ai bambini di altre culture
for: School class
Book
Item no.: 1207661
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 1207674
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1340623
Ode to St Cecilia
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1340595
Musica Sacra
Chorsatz mit 25 Exemplaren - niederländischer Text
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
25 choir scores
Item no.: 893104
Tragödie – Oper in drei Akten
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1340607
Ode to St Cecilia
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1340594
New Completion
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1340584
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1011307
Ode to St Cecilia
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1, 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1340593
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