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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: Women's choir [children's choir] (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850981
Es ist ein Ros entsprungen
aus: Musae Sioniae I, 1605
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 294638
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 965451
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 1617043
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 685884
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985105
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 907974
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 278599
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 577887
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1157707
for: Children's choir [women's choir]
Score
Item no.: 332587
for: Women's choir (8 parts), organ
Score
Item no.: 693378
Version for choir of equal voices and chamber ensemble
for: Women's choir (1 part), chamber ensemble
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 687452
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 886759
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920225
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 806957
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 862331
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 817042
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 933234
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 928003
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811894
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1289375
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 145814
Transcription for mixed choir a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 750675
Uns ist ein Kind geboren
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742451
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 742330
(Great Britain)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 734227
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598153
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598150
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732947
(Spain)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726422
(Poland)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726417
(Greece)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726414
(USA)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756218
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751477
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751469
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751468
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751466
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751464
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 woodwinds (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591041
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591019
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590984
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590945
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590882
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590807
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590758
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 722380
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589044
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