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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.
Christmas cantata HoWV II.13
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 654864
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 580450
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 580415
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 648467
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 617696
for: Mixed choir (SSATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 564267
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 911594
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 799926
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374262
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376696
for: Children's choir, soloists, piano; instruments ad lib.
Music score, CD
Item no.: 487667
for: Soloists, mixed choir, big band
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1670933
Quintet Collection
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 919458
Hinshaw Concert
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 903795
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 669510
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 854757
Orchestration
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 918095
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122810
Daybreak Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167311
A Christmas Musical
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 832052
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 190166
SATB w/opt. Handbells
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 856936
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124118
Orchesterfassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 clarinets (B-flat), 2 horns (C), 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 tenor horns, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 499746
for: The parish, mixed choir (SATB), organ [small orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 796641
Shawnee Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1124687
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123357
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1549920
Sueddeutsche Weihnachtsmusik Bd 1
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 265501
Adeste Fideles
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 487661
for: Women's choir (SS), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 602369
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1123053
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1058438
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1126155
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1123184
A musical for Key Stages 1-2
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 832022
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 372430
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121429
Weihnachtliche Kantate für drei gleiche Stimmen, Solosopran und Instrumente
for: Solo voice (soprano), women's choir (SSA) [male choir (TTB)], instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 680133
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1057846
Traditional Irish
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1058672
Hinshaw Secular
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1057302
for: Male choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 647554
Choral
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125023
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 227866
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1122173
Harold Flammer Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1125789
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1656110
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