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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 (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1355636
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 643471
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 460565
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 780827
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 679475
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678345
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1556187
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1005030
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004726
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 905309
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 430475
Zwölf geistliche Gesänge op. 13 Nr. 7 SWV 426
Motet on the Gospel text
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 425144
for: Favorit choir (SSSATTBarB), mixed choir (SATB), 4 viole da gamba, basso continuo [organ]
Score
Item no.: 425139
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 194830
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
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Item no.: 165746
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 139985
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 149879
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1672701
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1099094
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1317790
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 861381
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1552901
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; soprano saxophone ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1552896
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 866604
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 861804
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 866498
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 552868
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867104
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862071
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004740
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 1618747
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
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for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
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Item no.: 1690365
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
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for: Children's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 770307
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
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Item no.: 461584
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
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for: Choir (one voice), piano
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Item no.: 350596
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 361382
Cantata for the inauguration of a new town council
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ solo
Score
Item no.: 232879
"Christ lag in Todes Banden"
Cantata for Easter Sunday
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 232734
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo (organ); 5 winds ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 232659
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231811
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 686931
for mixed chorus (SAM) (recorder ad libitum)
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 684651
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