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: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Music score
Item no.: 733622
Volkslied
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731004
Weihnachtsoratorium op. 12
Carus Choir Coach Alt
mp3-CD
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part alto)
Item no.: 665248
Ein Krippenspiel
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 557027
aus der Oper "Iphigenie in Tauris"
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733621
(Andalucia - Andalusien) Spanisches Volkslied; Nr. 1 aus: Spanische Suite
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753981
Carus Choir Coach Tenor – Weihnachtsoratorium
mp3-CD
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part tenor)
Item no.: 673092
Weihnachtsoratorium op. 12
Carus Choir Coach Bass
mp3-CD
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 679592
aus der "Chorfantasie", op. 80
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740354
aus dem Oratorium "Judas Maccabäus"
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740353
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753977
aus dem Oratorium "Elias", op. 70
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753975
Psalm 98, 1
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753972
Carus Choir Coach Bass – Weihnachtsoratorium
mp3-CD
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Playback-CD (mp3) (choir part bass)
Item no.: 679192
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.: 299181
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731005
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730996
Ein Krippenspiel
Solostimmen in C und B
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 1549555
Ein unerwartetes Weihnachtsmusical
for: Soloists, children's choir, narrator, keyboard; melodic instruments, rhythm instruments ad lib.
Work book (educational book)
Item no.: 691421
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730993
Kanon
for: Women's choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753974
aus der Oper "Hänsel und Gretel" (Adelheid Wette, nach "Des Knaben Wunderhorn")
for: Women's choir (SMezA), piano
Music score
Item no.: 743573
60 Stücke für Frauenchor a cappella
Chorleitung – Theorie und Praxis
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 445002
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 1207674
8 Nuove canzoni con basi musicali, leggende, disegni e curiosità sulla festa più attesa dai bambini.
for: School class
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1012907
Deutsches Volkslied; aus: Volkslieder
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731007
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730997
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740361
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740349
Deutsches Volkslied; aus: Schott's Chorbuch III
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753978
Lochamer Liederbuch
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753976
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753969
Einsingsequenzen für Kinder von 7-12 Jahren
for: Children's choir
Music lesson book
Item no.: 773202
for: Voice (high), mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 777039
Deutsches Volkslied; aus: Schott's Chorbuch III
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731006
Kanon
for: Women's choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730998
Ritmo di Joropo
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753980
Deutsches Volkslied; aus: Volkslieder
for: Women's choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753979
Psalm 92, 2-3
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753971
aus op. 19
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 737050
Nr. 2 aus: Es muss geschieden sein
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731008
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Playback-CD (Chorstimme Bass)
Item no.: 762123
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733619
aus der "Deutschen Messe" D 872
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731001
16. Jahrhundert; nach BWV 251
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730999
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.: 299182
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.: 299180
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