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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: Mixed choir, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 662064
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 799477
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1002990
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316343
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1316120
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1316118
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591030
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590916
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590818
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590770
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590763
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592573
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592571
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592558
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 592554
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588210
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts); piano [keyboard], guitar, bass, drums ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599310
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599305
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598139
for: Mixed choir, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1272637
for: Choir, String orchestra; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596831
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596818
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595173
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595171
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595168
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595160
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594527
for: Children's choir (1–2 parts), piano
ChorSolo part(s), Piano score
Item no.: 663858
for: 1–2 voices [children's choir], piano [guitar/keyboard]
Music score, CD
Item no.: 495758
German Magnificat
Frühfassung
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 676716
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 617264
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 456360
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 344045
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 245389
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 464946
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 671432
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Choir book
Item no.: 663884
for: Children's choir, Orff instruments
Score
Item no.: 345081
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 425033
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 230560
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 556867
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1014069
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1267610
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 772147
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 424585
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 363431
BR-CPEB E 4
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
– Graduated prizes on request –
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 234190
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 232623
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