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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 (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 321636
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319328
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 319342
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 872203
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317747
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 895926
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 895906
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 908904
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 605130
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 322822
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964697
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815728
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1701728
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 626447
as recorded by both Snow Patrol and Leona Lewis
Words and Music by Gary Lightbody, Jonathan Quinn, Merk McClelland, Nathan Connolly and Iain Archer
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Music score
Item no.: 459758
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 891796
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 323779
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 886827
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [keyboard/guitar]
Piano score
Item no.: 1660808
for: 2 voices (SS) [women's choir], piano
Score
Item no.: 321637
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 1317709
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 488609
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 982679
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 897960
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317744
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 489747
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 477052
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 317303
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 962252
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 911425
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1317980
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 1317708
for: Choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982625
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318188
for: Favorit choir (SATTB), orchestra; chapell choir (SATTB) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 154529
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004511
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 346692
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 295995
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor, the parish, wind ensemble, rhythm group (piano, guitar, drums)
Solo part(s)
Item no.: 1669758
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor, the parish, wind ensemble, rhythm group (piano, guitar, drums)
Piano score
Item no.: 1653630
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 626756
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 675318
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 135144
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 865222
Imaginations for Choir with Lyrics by Thomas Moore
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSAATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 633192
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 234620
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1149530
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 474715
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