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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: Choir (one voice), youth orchestra
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3688
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318177
for: 2 soloists (T/S), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 6072
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 5857
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 5411
for: Mixed choir (SAB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 5209
for: Mixed choir (SATB), rhythm section [piano]
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8049
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4612
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4580
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1160736
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 777567
for: Women's choir [children's choir] a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 822460
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774786
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774391
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 177022
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 868008
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 471515
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 330478
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 207829
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 274870
(2nd Edition)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 745485
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 224555
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 377857
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815160
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1633236
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 911383
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 916327
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Buch
Item no.: 910594
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Buch
Item no.: 910273
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1652718
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 581511
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 325353
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 319620
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 414349
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 245394
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 223587
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 1702809
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 488695
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 662612
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 369317
Choral music for all occasions in the original notational image, sorted by genres and themes
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for: Women's choir [children's choir] a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 664593
Oratorio
Urtext based on the Leipzig Mendelssohn Complete Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 550956
Es erhub sich ein Streit
Cantata at St Michael and All Angels
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 328318
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285415
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 261529
for mixed chorus (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1668015
Nr. 2 aus: Four Songs at Year's End
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677306
for mixed voices (SATB) and piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1677850
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