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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.
Lieder des 16. Jahrhunderts
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725383
(Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730055
Text: Böhmische Brüder; Mel.: 14. Jahrhundert (Ostern)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730049
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202838
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 352761
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 554860
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1124101
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862344
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 679503
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678353
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 227233
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 223295
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 279256
for: Women's choir (SA), organ
Score
Item no.: 291097
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 218516
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893239
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 628281
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893708
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891618
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 628372
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 616018
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 158667
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 236184
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 235180
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 232566
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 105874
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 151363
for: Mixed choir (1 voice) [the parish]; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 243396
for: Women's choir (SS) [2 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 119694
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 138737
for: Mixed choir (SATB); double bass, organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 137592
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889803
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Organ reduction
Item no.: 687725
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano/organ [2 violins, cello] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 692863
for: Audience, mixed choir (6 voices), band; instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 691650
Six Christmas Songs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 762657
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 687319
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 656087
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SSATTB, SATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 677596
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 661052
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 660993
French Sacred Music
for: Mixed choir (4–6 parts) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 659316
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 658776
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 663883
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 423635
for: Mixed choir [male choir]
Score
Item no.: 423013
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422610
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 433070
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