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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.
Nach Texten von Joseph von Eichendorff
Arrangiert für 5-10 Stimmen
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 459419
op. 39 Nr. 3
Partitur / Einzelstimme
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Score, Parts
Item no.: 291111
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 168528
New Horizons
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889934
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889761
für 4-stimmigen gemischten Chor und Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 381707
Quia hæc dicit excelsus
op. 54d
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 683885
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 836782
Miserere – Evigila – Laudabo
Op. 61a
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 683636
Walzer für gemischten Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 216781
Choral Programme Series Collection
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 153894
Opéra en 3 actes et 8 tableaux
Réduction par Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 587050
for: Women's choir (SA), organ
CHP
Item no.: 625549
Non nobis Domine / Nicht unserm Namen, Herr
for: 3 soloists (STBar), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 143897
Oxford Tudor Church Music
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 894119
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893639
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893383
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891743
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 878316
Choral
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 581924
Choral Collection
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Buch
Item no.: 373548
Setting The Standards
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 319615
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805077
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812396
from Chess
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 802934
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 816282
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 158913
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 801399
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 769847
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 769842
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 769799
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 769327
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 769326
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 769322
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 769183
Pop und Rock
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930696
Folk
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930149
for mixed chorus a cappella (piano for rehearsal only)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 284575
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 343034
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 686249
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 686248
Gospel und Spiritual
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 943802
John Rutter Anniversary Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 920690
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 242096
Chorsatz für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 755893
No. 4 of Four American Folk Hymns
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 462406
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 446812
for: Women's choir (SS), piano
Buch
Item no.: 363936
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