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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.: 953406
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953383
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953362
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953356
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953321
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 953259
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 952825
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 952472
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 952456
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 952441
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 952433
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 952388
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 952376
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 952368
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 952338
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 952330
for: Male choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 952308
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 952302
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 952278
for: Mixed choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 952263
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 952241
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 952232
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 952224
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 952203
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 952202
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 952171
for: Male choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 952151
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 952120
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 584859
5. Du tust Guts deinem Knechte SWV 486
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1160903
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 865679
Hawkes Pocket Scores 879
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1031920
Hawkes Pocket Scores 43
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 1031915
Kantate BWV 129 – Trinitatisfest
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 764838
New revised version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 761993
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 872394
Kantate Nr. 100
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 675074
Kantate Nr. 100
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675071
Bläserstimmensatz
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Set of parts
Item no.: 674433
Kantate zum 2. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Das Schottener Kantatenarchiv Volume 33
for: 3 soloists (ATB) [mixed choir (4 voices)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 691123
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 745024
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 861548
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Soloist, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 669907
für vierstimmigen Frauenchor mit Klavierbegleitung (ad libitum)
op. 44 - Alt 2
for: Women's choir; piano ad lib.
Choir part Alto
Item no.: 668846
“Singet dem Herrn”
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 770505
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 770259
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 769838
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