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.
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 677100
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582034
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
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
per la scuola dell'infanzia e primaria
for: School class
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 774964
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778613
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 777979
for: Soloist, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 776815
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778576
66 zweistimmige Singübungen
for: Children's choir
Noten als Druckausgabe nur noch in der englischen Version erhältlich (BH 3561)
Item no.: 779981
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 656431
Ein Krippenspiel
Singstimmen
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 1549554
Gosepelsong
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740360
Negro Spiritual
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753983
Negro Spiritual
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 743574
for: School class
Book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207663
(Andalucia - Andalusien) Spanisches Volkslied; Nr. 4 aus: Spanische Suite
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753982
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740351
aus: Romanzen für Frauenstimmen
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Music score
Item no.: 731003
for: Male choir
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 797129
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 679589
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SABar), organ
Choir book, organ book, CD
Item no.: 663808
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.: 299179
for: School class
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 775455
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 743743
Römer 8, 2+9; aus BWV 227
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733620
Nr. 1 aus: Idegen földön
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731009
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 679590
Carus Choir Coach Alto – Weihnachtsoratorium
mp3-CD
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 679191
per Coro a 1 e 4 voci miste e organo
Christmas collection
for: Mixed choir, organ
Music score
Item no.: 779290
di Avvento e di Natale
Canti a 1 voce per il tempo natalizio
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Music score
Item no.: 774033
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 578132
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740355
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730995
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753970
Carus Choir Coach Soprano – Weihnachtsoratorium
mp3-CD
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 679193
"Des Knaben Wunderhorn"; Nr. 8 aus: Acht Chorlieder
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740356
aus: Schott's Chorbuch II
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733625
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733623
aus der Oper "Die Zauberflöte" KV 620; 1. Str. E. Schikaneder; 2. u. 3. Str. H. Grunholzer
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731000
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730994
aus "Augsburger Tafelkonfekt"
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753973
nach "O lux beata trinitas"
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753968
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