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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 (SABar), organ
Score
Item no.: 636241
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1151476
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 664232
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862054
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1659426
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 801461
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 626164
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 619013
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 577045
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 553525
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 556876
for: Women's choir (SSAA); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 208251
for: Mixed choir; basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 277018
for: Women's choir (SAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1563644
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 898920
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3166
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; trumpet/mandolin orchestra/rhythm group (accordion, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 244303
Chorheft Nr. 2 - Verkündigung und Magnificat
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751752
nach dem polnischen Weihnachtslied "Gdy sie Chrystus rodzi"
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751697
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751476
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751475
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751470
(Bolivia)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756219
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732084
Motet for unaccompanied voices (SATB)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur includes piano reduction for rehearsal only
Item no.: 747545
England / Frankreich
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733378
(Armenia)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726402
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5658
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6088
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6079
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3537
for: Women's choir (SS) [2 solo voices]; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 2790
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4105
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4039
nach Worten der Heiligen Schrift
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]; orchestra ad lib.
Set of parts (Orchestra)
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for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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for: Choir
Piano reduction
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Brieger Christnacht 1944
Zwei Instrumentalsätze (Vorspiel / Zwischenspiel)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor, strings, organ
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 155371
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 664657
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760307
Gekürzte Fassung
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 722940
(France)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 734226
(Passion)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 737817
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