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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.
(Gelobet seist Du, Jesu Christ)
aus: Newe Deudsche Geistliche Gesenge für die Gemeinen Schulen
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5239
(France)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726411
Singt und klingt
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725384
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732946
Aus Rumänien
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 746581
Lieder des 17. bis 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725387
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760303
(Romania)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726418
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3576
aus Georg Forsters Sammlung "Frische teutsche Liedlein"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2847
Schlusschor der Kantate "Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ"
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 722939
aus "Musae sioniae"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2255
Marien- und Wiegenlieder
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731849
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1338322
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1337954
for: Choir, organ
Score
Item no.: 1337921
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339506
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339467
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339466
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339234
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339110
aus: Der Jahreskreis
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340248
Canone in motu contrario
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339656
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339646
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339531
Aus Schlesien
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 731851
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1252422
Hymnus in Dominicis et Feriis Adventus Domini
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3535
In festo nativitatis Christi
aus "Gemmulae Evangeliorum Musicae ...", Coburg 1623
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo [organ] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 4425
(Ireland)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756212
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 738794
Chorheft Nr. 9 - Am Weihnachtsabend
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751753
Polish carol for mixed choir (SATB)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 759234
Melodie und Text: Aachen 1394
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 758588
Medingen um 1380/ Str. 1 Medingen um 1380/Str. 2-7 Martin Luther 1524
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 758589
(Ecuador)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726426
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747542
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 738388
(Croatia)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726408
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751465
Lieder des 16. Jahrhunderts
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 746579
Weihnachtslied
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 4781
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747793
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751467
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1435
Geistliches Konzert zum 2. Advent
for: Mixed choir (SSAB) [4 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3543
Paris 1599/Köln 1638
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725388
Seht da kommt die Alte
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725414
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