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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 (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 114735
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 164527
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1157720
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1157697
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1157110
Geistliches Oratorium in drei Abteilungen
Erste Abteilung: Advent und Weihnachten
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1551885
for: Mixed choir (2 voices), organ
Music score
Item no.: 655491
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 342318
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041071
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 851084
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1037965
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1078027
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1005015
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907012
for: Children's choir (2 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850658
French noël
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822665
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1150699
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1024927
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1158675
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1157608
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1155580
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1152726
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919075
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 918550
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 857265
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856560
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1157468
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1155135
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1154610
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1151753
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1150102
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 919361
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 1665098
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1634293
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893181
for: Mixed choir (SMezATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1011358
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Ensemble score
Item no.: 409310
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985773
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 931179
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 816508
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732640
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732623
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751860
1. Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme / 2. Der Tag vertreibt die finstre Nacht
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751554
(Brazil)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726425
(Germany)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726413
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 725022
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 738389
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