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.
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part bass)
Item no.: 294415
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 182315
"Coronation Mass"
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Alt)
Item no.: 180674
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Tenor
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 143850
for: Children's choir
2 Books, 2 CDs, DVD
Item no.: 560610
for: Choir
Music lesson book, demo CD
Item no.: 384966
Favola musicale per bambini della Scuola Primaria
for: School class
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1022521
32 strumenti musicali da costruire in classe con materiali poveri
for: School class
Book, DVD
Item no.: 1023553
for: School class
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1021847
I colori del ritmo
for: School class
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 1207642
Il Musical
Una storia quanto mai attuale da mettere in scena in un vero e proprio musical per ragazzi.
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1023549
Motivationsimpulse für Musiker und Gemeinden
for: Children's choir
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 1012463
Le possibilità, i limiti
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 1317229
Canciones populares muy fáciles para voz, flauta o instrumentos en DO, piano, y percusión corporal.
for: School class
Music lesson book (anthology)
Item no.: 766910
Il Pianto Delle Pie Donne (J-C 118)
Musiche italiane del Settecento. Fondazione Arcadia III
for: 2-4 voices [choir], instruments
Music score
Item no.: 777880
Stimmbildung für Kinder von 4-12 Jahren
Video-Workshop
for: Children's choir
DVD (learning video)
Item no.: 559545
Für den Gebrauch in der musikalischen Früherziehung, den Grund- und Singklassen und in den Grundschulen. Mit Bildern zum Ausmalen
for: Children's choir
Book
Item no.: 214371
Kanons und Quodlibets zum Einsingen in geselliger Runde
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 333979
for: Choir
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1022706
Giochi sonori e attività musicali
for: School class
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 776319
Lukas 24,29
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733615
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731022
from "Catulli Carmina"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730987
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730971
HWV 56, 1742
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 817471
per cantare quello che non potremmo dire e non sappiamo tacere
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 776212
op. 90/3
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753992
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 911423
for: School class
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 769082
for: Children's choir (one part), piano; melody instrument ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1633839
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 359628
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 373896
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
4 Playback-CDs (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 682749
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 681114
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 680097
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 671889
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
4 CDs
Item no.: 670146
Süßmayr-Version
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Bass
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 663379
for: 5 soloists (SATTB), mixed choir (SSATTBB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 658349
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Alt)
Item no.: 671890
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part bass)
Item no.: 560054
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano 2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part soprano 2)
Item no.: 301437
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Tenor
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
2 Playback-CDs (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 299185
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 104030
for: Voice [choir]
Music score
Item no.: 473324
for: Choir
Study book
Item no.: 118390
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 301264
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 778827
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