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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.: 862249
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 861371
Assembly Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ; brass quintet, timpani ad lib.
Choir score (for the parish)
Item no.: 696314
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1634885
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1583063
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100937
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100797
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100795
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100789
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 983086
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982960
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982781
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 982679
for: Choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982625
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105553
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105546
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105501
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105445
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 879757
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 909427
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 908075
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 906822
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 906794
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 906249
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1169214
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 923674
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 587036
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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 322112
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087175
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984505
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984502
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 906452
(from Les Misérables)
Broadway Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 291365
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 857680
Oratorio "Christus am Ölberge"
Beethoven vocal Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 686996
for female choir and water-tuned glasses
for: Women's choir (SSSAAA), glass harmonica
Choir score
Item no.: 634637
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1010424
for Mixed Chorus ((SSAATTBB)) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 685027
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba; piano ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 262237
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 683601
for: Mixed choir (SSATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 697425
A Symphony-Cantata after Texts from the Holy Scriptures
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695979
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, percussion
Choir score
Item no.: 862046
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 629013
Opera with a Prologue and four Acts (First version) / Opera in five Acts (Second version)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 scores (hardcover, Urtext editions)
Item no.: 868775
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 879393
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1628406
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