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.
Symphony cantata
Practice-CD for choir singers
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 697313
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 681113
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 681110
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos, harmonium
3 Playback-CDs (choir part alto)
Item no.: 676638
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 671891
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
4 CDs
Item no.: 670148
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 658342
for: Children's choir
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 164369
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 684900
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Tenor
for: 3 solo voices (STB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 299206
for: Children's choir
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 460751
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.: 313795
Percorsi propedeutici per l'Educazione musicale nella Scuola Primaria
for: School class
Teacher's book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207652
Nueva edición – Grado elemental
for: School class
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 769497
Operina in un atto unico ispirata alla favola popolare inglese Jack and the Beanstalk
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1025043
Percorsi propedeutici per l'Educazione Musicale nella Scuola Primaria
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1021846
for: School class
Students book, CD
Item no.: 1024443
Proposte multidisciplinari per una Scuola d'Infanzia
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 1023925
Proposte musicali per l'espressione gesto-motoria nella scuola di base
for: School class
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 1207544
Para descubrir el lenguaje musical cantanco, escuchando, tocando...
Descubrir, explorar y crear
for: School class
Teacher's manual, online audio
Item no.: 769075
Per promuovere l'inclusione
for: School class
Lesson book (with online media)
Item no.: 1013830
for: School class
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1010121
Vocal Percussion in der Klasse – mit CD für das Gruppenmusizieren
Schulmusik Altersgruppe 10-14 Jahre
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 445042
mit 44 Video-Clips auf USB-Stick
for: Choir
Music lesson book, USB-Stick (mp4-Files)
Item no.: 692709
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 605900
op. 48/4
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731020
aus KV 623
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731019
Wie ein Strom möcht' ich fließen; aus: Zwei Kanons; Slowakische Volksdichtung in ungarischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730988
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740369
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733612
Traditional
for: Male choir
Music score
Item no.: 744130
Böhmisches Volkslied; aus: Schott's Chorbuch II
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753995
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753991
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753960
for: Choir
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 158147
for: Voice [choir]
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 612610
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
4 Playback-CDs (choir part bass)
Item no.: 682750
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 677695
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 676762
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 901030
for: Choir
Study book
Item no.: 144851
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 677694
for: Children's choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 675353
for: Voice [choir]
Music lesson book (spiral binding)
Item no.: 198594
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 311523
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 467952
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
2 Playback-CDs (choir part bass)
Item no.: 325916
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 299198
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