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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, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1268165
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1264421
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1264389
for: Choir (one voice) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 471974
for: Children's choir, piano; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 686654
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 680076
also insert movements for the Magnificat
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 672992
for: Mixed choir, percussion
Score
Item no.: 456358
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 445007
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 488146
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 363759
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 472587
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 294458
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 230991
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Score
Item no.: 230969
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 772190
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 423059
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 423781
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 376358
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 374341
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 312894
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), organ; 4 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 235534
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799033
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3528
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 425249
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 635702
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 633612
Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 3 recorders, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 616052
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 557433
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [piano]
Item no.: 185262
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 491173
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 475482
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 279326
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 160198
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 229786
for: 3 soloists (SSA), women's choir (SSA) [children's choir], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 184997
Christmas Oratorio
after the first edition of 1869
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Study score
Item no.: 164116
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 1556909
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 425194
for: Soloist (soprano), children's choir (1 voice), mixed choir (SATB), strings
Score
Item no.: 279122
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 763315
for: Children's choir (2 voices), Chamber orchestra, piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 342224
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 123445
7 Christmas Carols
on English poems from the 15th and 16th century
for: Women's choir (SSA), harp [piano]
Choir book
Item no.: 1550859
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 432346
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 944667
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 273017
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905165
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