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: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 662905
for: 2 soloists (TBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 688561
Ein Werkstattbuch für das Singen in Chören, Klassen und Workshops
mit Kanons und Singstücken von Werner Rizzi (wenn nicht anders angegeben)
for: Choir
Songbook
Item no.: 310811
Übe-CDs für Chorsänger - Tenor
Carus Choir Coach
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
3 Playback-CDs
Item no.: 671996
for: Choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 609229
for: Choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 335481
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Choir part Soprano)
Item no.: 131152
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part bass)
Item no.: 313892
for: Youth choir, piano
Choir book
Item no.: 662238
for: Children's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 1639463
Coronation Mass
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Bass
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 685690
for: Voice [choir]
Music lesson book, DVD
Item no.: 676357
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.: 482958
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.: 313037
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Alto
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
2 Playback-CDs (choir part alto)
Item no.: 302690
for: Children's choir
Study book
Item no.: 213941
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Tenor
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 299202
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Bass
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 429168
Leinenausgabe der Partitur
Urtext Stuttgarter Händel-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 486492
for: Voice [choir]
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 118864
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Alto
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part alto)
Item no.: 374927
Carus Choir Coach — Tenore
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 tenor)
Item no.: 770229
Ein praktischer Leitfaden zur Einführung und Pflege
for: Children's choir
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 613898
for: Children's choir
Songbook
Item no.: 339284
Methodische Anleitung und Übungen zur chorischen Stimmbildung (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 382506
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Alto
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Alt)
Item no.: 150100
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 691692
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 108965
Drums 'n' voice mit CD für Singstimme(n) bzw. Vokalensemble im Einzel- und Gruppenunterricht
Die faszinierende Art, mit Mund und Stimme Rhythmen zu erzeugen
for: Voices (body percussion), drums
Music lesson book, playback-CD
Item no.: 194935
for: Mixed youth choir, piano
Choir book
Item no.: 493717
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part alto)
Item no.: 313888
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Tenor
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 138380
for: School class
Music paper
Item no.: 431183
for: 5 soloists (STTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 662077
for: School choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 174252
(Teaching material)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music lesson book
Item no.: 578893
Carus Choir Coach — Alto
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.: 770224
Practice-CD (mp3)
Choral Part Bass
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 665313
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730970
14 Action- und Wellness-Songs für Schule, Chor und Zuhause
Notenausgabe inklusive Audio-CD und App
for: School choir
Music score, Audio-CD, app
Item no.: 775935
Negro Spiritual
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731030
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 491885
Negro Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733618
Negro Spiritual
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 744129
Negro Spiritual
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731029
Negro Spiritual
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731028
Negro Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730991
Music and Movement
Suena suena
for: School class
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 776255
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