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.
Kantate nach Psalm 103
Das Kuhnau-Projekt
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689211
Kantate nach Psalm 103
Das Kuhnau-Projekt
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689201
Kantate nach Psalm 103
Das Kuhnau-Projekt
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1689198
Carus Choir Coach
Hob. XXII:9, 1796
Practice aids, voice part alto
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689302
Carus Choir Coach
Hob. XXII:9, 1796
Practice aids, voice part basso
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689300
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
Kantate nach Psalm 103
Das Kuhnau-Projekt
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689205
Carus Choir Coach
Practice aids
Soprano
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689254
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
Opera in three acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1689143
"Träufelt, ihr Himmel, von oben"
for: 5 solo voices (SATBarB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1688130
for: Choir (1–2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1688160
Das Musical zur Geschichte der Maria Magdalena
for: Children's choir [Youth choir] (1–3 voices), piano, bass; guitar, drums ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1687912
Package mit Partitur, Instrumenten und 20 Chorausgaben
for: Children's choir [Youth choir] (1–3 voices), piano, bass; guitar, drums ad lib.
Set: Score, 20 choir scores, instrumental parts
Item no.: 1687918
Das Musical zur Geschichte der Maria Magdalena
for: Children's choir [Youth choir] (1–3 voices), piano, bass; guitar, drums ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1687917
Gospel-, Praise- und Worship-Songs für Gospelchor, Gemeinde und zu Hause
for: Choir
Songbook
Item no.: 1687953
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1687839
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1687838
Nach einem italienischen Volkslied
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1687837
for: Male choir (TBB), piano, djembé
Choir score
Item no.: 978815
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 1687859
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB), piano
Score, 20 choir scores
Item no.: 1178768
(All bells in paradise)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [chamber orchestra]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1566882
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 978867
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1684813
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 938584
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 938514
(Goodnight, My Angel)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 1684812
(To the Stars.....) Extended Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass quintet, piano, timpani, percussion
Set of parts
Item no.: 1684661
(To the Stars.....) Extended Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass quintet, piano, timpani, percussion
Choir score
Item no.: 1684794
for: Women's choir (SA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1684659
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1684556
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1684536
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1684550
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Women's choir (SSSAAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1684526
Psalm 112
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1684421
Traditional Norwegian
for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1684386
Acte de ballet
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1682105
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
Arrangement for soli, choir, 2 pianos and timpani ad lib (arr. S. Bartmann)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos; timpani ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1682075
Das Chorleitungsbuch
Hauptband und Praxisband
for: Choir
2 Books
Item no.: 1681962
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1681958
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1682022
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Piano score
Item no.: 1681554
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1681555
A Chinese Fable in 2 Acts after Carlo Gozzi
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1681457
Songs from the Codex Buranus
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1681519
Brahms – Mozart – Cherubini
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
3 CDs
Item no.: 1681518
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