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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.
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[Klavierauszug mit CD - Gesamteinspielung Rilling] (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction, CD
Item no.: 383711
My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 381144
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAM) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 117225
for: Choir
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 116889
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 430845
for: 2 voices [women's choir](smez), piano
Score
Item no.: 192722
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 309573
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 876782
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1532672
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1656682
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 300960
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 484961
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 242496
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 944038
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 553538
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905471
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass winds (10 parts) [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 648932
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1167393
Drei weihnachtliche Stimmungsbilder nach Texten von Rainer Maria Rilke und Christian Morgenstern
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, flute
Score
Item no.: 726141
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 632099
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 672087
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1342688
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 679507
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 908404
for: Women's choir [male choir] a cappella
Item no.: 443657
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 302329
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 633000
for: Choir
CD-ROM
Item no.: 1002592
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 810456
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808738
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 808066
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 805654
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 803410
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 813089
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280926
for: Mixed choir (SATB); harp ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 471118
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202756
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204823
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204819
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204768
Cantata
for: Mixed choir, brass winds, organ
Score
Item no.: 349298
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 603567
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 694081
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1619850
for: Women's choir (SS) [2 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 166169
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 673113
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 578131
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