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: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 677693
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 pianos, harmonium
3 Playback-CDs (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 676639
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
3 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 671997
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
4 Playback-CDs (choir part bass)
Item no.: 676146
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
4 Playback-CDs (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 676145
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
4 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 670145
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Alto
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 665315
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Tenor
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 665314
250 proposte operative fra musica, matematica e linguaggi espressivi
for: School class
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1024339
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music lesson book
Item no.: 766751
Racconti, giochi, drammatizzazioni e canzoni, per apprendere gli elementi basilari del linguaggio musicale, del ritmo e del canto.
for: School class
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 1689978
Nella Scuola della Infanzia
for: School class
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 1023679
Fare musica a scuola incontrando John Cage
for: School class
Book
Item no.: 1207627
Manuale pratico per la formazione e la direzione corale infantile
for: Children's choir
Study book
Item no.: 1207592
Proposte operative per un'attività di danza nella Scuola di Base
for: School class
Teachers book, CD
Item no.: 1024942
Come far crescere più sani, coscienti e responsabili i nostri piccoli uomini e le nostre piccole donne grazie al contributo della musica, del canto, della recitazione e del dialogo positivo
for: School class
Study book
Item no.: 1207613
for: School class
Students book
Item no.: 1207665
Percorsi teorico-pratici di Educazione Musicale per bambini da 24 a 36 mesi
for: School class
Music lesson book, online audio
Item no.: 1024439
per ben regolare il coro dei cantori della Cappella Pontificia
for: Choir
Study book
Item no.: 780901
Beatboxing / Techno für Singstimme(n) bzw. Vokalensemble im Einzel- und Gruppenunterricht (2002)
Die faszinierende Art, mit Mund und Stimme Rhythmen zu erzeugen
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 346027
Fiaba sui suoni, pagine di fantasia, pittura, collage, ritmica, mimo, recitazione, drammatizzazione, danza, costruzione di oggetti sonori
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1552743
Proposta di canti
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 778823
Raccolta di brani per coro di ragazzi
for: Boys’ choir
Choir score
Item no.: 776196
Canti per quelli che cercano e per quelli che hanno trovato
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 775517
Vom Pattern zum Konzertstück
Acht popular styles für gemischte Stimmen (SATB) und Klavier (ad lib.)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score, CD
Item no.: 621423
aus: Schott's Chorbuch II
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731017
Psalm 96, 1-2
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731013
aus: Schott's Chorbuch II
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753987
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
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 617761
for: Voice [choir]
Songbook, Playback-CD
Item no.: 649596
"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 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 Bass
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 299191
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 Alto
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Alt)
Item no.: 299188
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
for: Voice [choir]
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 551913
for: Voice [choir]
Music score
Item no.: 763709
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
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
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
for: 2 soloists (TBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 688562
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 682157
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