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.
Mazedonisches Volkslied; Nr. 1 aus: Vier jugoslawische Hochzeitslieder
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731026
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753985
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753965
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 432795
for: School class
Music score, CD
Item no.: 1556081
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 1012896
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 444519
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book, CD
Item no.: 495754
for: Mixed choir a cappella
CD
Item no.: 364048
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 153543
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part bass)
Item no.: 104123
Almost 1001 Tips for Choral Directing
for: Choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 679756
for: School class
Songbook
Item no.: 1558717
for: Choir
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 494854
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 583935
for: Children's choir
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 261756
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 770544
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
4 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 674635
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Alt)
Item no.: 660377
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 660375
for: School class
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1025048
for: School class
Book
Item no.: 1207649
nella Scuola di Base
for: School class
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1024442
Laboratorio di creatività ludica per l'apprendimento della teoria musicale
for: School class
Music lesson book
Item no.: 998273
Suono, Musica, Arte e Teatro nella Scuola di base
for: School class
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1023825
Risposte est/etiche per la crescita dei valori civili e morali delle nuove generazioni
for: School class
Teachers book, online audio
Item no.: 1023713
Il Musical
Il primo musical under 16
for: Children's choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 1207640
Giochi di gruppo per l'apprendimento del linguaggio musicale (da 4 a 11 anni)
for: School class
Book
Item no.: 1207588
nella Scuola di base
for: School class
Music lesson book, CD, DVD
Item no.: 1207620
Nel Laboratorio di Musica
for: School class
Book
Item no.: 1207660
12 percorsi di animazione musicale per la Scuola dell'Infanzia e il primo ciclo della Scuola Primaria
for: School class
Teachers book, online audio
Item no.: 1023688
Con sfida alle carte da gioco
Educazione Musicale Inclusiva. Indovina i personaggi, le tastiere, le note in chiave di sol e di fa!
for: School class
Book
Item no.: 1556204
Suono, Musica, Arte et Teatro nella Scuola di base
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 1207603
Cuatro voces mixtas
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 770893
Band 2
for: School class
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1558096
nell'emergenza.
Testimonianze e indicazioni operative per scuola di base
for: School class
Study book
Item no.: 1011457
Musica, movimento, ritmo
for: School class
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 775627
Ein afrikanisches Märchen mit Pfiff. Musical für Kinder von 8 bis 13 Jahren
for: Children's choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 617789
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Tenor
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 605902
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Tenor
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 429140
Ideas for Pop Choir Direction
for: Choir
Music lesson book, CD-Rom
Item no.: 610554
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir book, online audio (app)
Item no.: 1701193
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Alto
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Alt)
Item no.: 429114
aus der Messe B-Dur", op. 172
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740379
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740367
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740347
Französisches Volkslied; Nr. 1 aus: Suite nach französischen Volksliedern; Melodie und Text aus: Heinrich Möller "Französische Volkslieder"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730990
aus op. 19
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731912
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