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: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753958
In maienhellen Tagen (aus "Balleti a 5 voci")
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 721659
for: Children's choir (School class /music school group)
Music lesson book
Item no.: 672996
for: Voice (in choir)
Study book
Item no.: 409149
for: School class
Music lesson book
Item no.: 765392
Motet BWV 227 – "Jesu, meine Freude"
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Soprano
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 692500
Motet BWV 227 – "Jesu, meine Freude"
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Bass
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 692503
An Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text
Practice CD for choir singers – Edition for soprano
mp3 format
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
4 Playback-CDs (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 680544
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
4 CDs
Item no.: 670147
for: 5 soloists (STTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 662078
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 682157
for: Voice [choir]
Music score
Item no.: 763709
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 617761
for: Voice [choir]
Songbook, Playback-CD
Item no.: 649596
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Tenor
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 299189
"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 tenor)
Item no.: 180673
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.: 120879
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Tenor
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 104122
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Alto
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Alt)
Item no.: 299188
for: 2 soloists (TBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 688562
Carus Choir Coach — Basso
Practice CD for choir singers
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, 2 clarinos (C), timpani, basso continuo
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 770231
for: Voice [choir]
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 551913
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 299191
for: School class
Students book
Item no.: 1207639
L’arte del suono e del gesto per crescere insieme ai bambini di altre culture
for: School class
Book
Item no.: 1207661
Gran Concerto
for: School class
Music lesson book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207691
Viaggio musicale con i canti tradizionali dell'America del Nord
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1023710
Para descubrir el lenguaje musical cantando, escuchando, tocando...
Descubrir, explorar, crear
for: School class
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 778959
Para descubrir el lenguaje musical cantando, escuchando, tocando...
Descubrir, explorar, crear
for: School class
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 769467
for: School class
Book (with online audio)
Item no.: 1023719
Psicomotricità, emozioni e fantasia nella Scuola d'Infanzia
for: School class
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 1207641
729 Übe-MP3s auf DVD-ROM zum gleichnamigen Chorbuch
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
DVD-ROM (learning video)
Item no.: 497348
Corsi di introduzione alla musica
for: School class
Study book
Item no.: 1209961
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 649535
Französisches Volkslied
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731025
op. 42/1
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730985
Amor im Nachen (aus "Balletti a 5 voci")
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730972
aus dem Oratorium "Elias", op. 70 (aus den Psalmen 55, 108 und 25)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733614
Nr. 2 aus: 5 Tanzweisen
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 754000
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753998
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753996
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753988
for: School class
Teacher's book, Playback-CD
Item no.: 642154
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766240
for: Choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1690261
for: School class
Music lesson book
Item no.: 770449
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos, harmonium
3 Playback-CDs (choir part bass)
Item no.: 676634
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 143849
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