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: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 341531
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Alto
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part alto)
Item no.: 174865
for: Choir
2 Books (softcover)
Item no.: 353087
for: The parish, keyboard instrument
Music lesson book
Item no.: 694164
for: School class
Teacher's book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207675
for: Children's choir (one part), piano; melody instrument ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1639172
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 632098
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 445272
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Alto
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Alt)
Item no.: 299201
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
2 Playback-CDs (choir part bass)
Item no.: 302692
aus dem "Gloria" für gemischten Chor, Sopran-Solo und Orchester
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740388
aus: Schott's Chorbuch II
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731014
Tratschende Frauen; aus: Zwei Kanons; Slowakische Volksdichtung in ungarischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730989
op. 59/3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730984
Johannes 3, 16
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730974
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730969
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 313890
Cori del Risorgimento Italiano
for: Choir
Music score
Item no.: 1031770
Con i canti tradizionali dell'infanzia
for: School class
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1544101
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 1207636
Percorsi propedeutici per l'Educazione musicale nella Scuola Primaria
for: School class
Teacher's book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 1207633
Percorsi propedeutici per l'educazione e la pratica vocale nella Scuola d'Infanzia e Primaria
for: School class
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 1024341
for: School class
Students book
Item no.: 1207638
for: 2 soloists (mezzo, baritone), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 664904
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 776161
Rhythmisches Klassenmusizieren mit und ohne Instrumente
Beatboxing, Handshakes, Raps
for: Children's choir (School class /music school group)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 555049
for: School class
CD
Item no.: 1209966
Einstieg zum Singen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 216129
for: School choir
Music lesson book, demo CD
Item no.: 766250
for: Choir
Teachers book
Item no.: 765490
for: Choir
Students book
Item no.: 765482
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 769242
(Teaching material)
for: Youth choir
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 586722
for: Choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 586135
für Chor
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 602834
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 333065
for: Choir
Music score
Item no.: 342612
Motet BWV 227 – "Jesu, meine Freude"
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Tenore
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 692502
An Oratorio Based on the old Testament Text
Practice CD for choir singers – Edition for bass
mp3 format
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
4 Playback-CDs (choir part bass)
Item no.: 680547
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 676760
for: School class
Music lesson book, online media
Item no.: 690924
for: Musicians
Music lesson book
Item no.: 618812
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.: 482960
for: Choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 431739
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Alto
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Alt)
Item no.: 345512
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 313889
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Alto
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
2 Playback-CDs (choir part alto)
Item no.: 299184
for: Children's choir (School class /music school group)
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 477020
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