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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.
Text und Melodie trad. (19. Jh.)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756136
Text und Melodie trad. (18. Jh.)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756135
Kleine Partita für dreistimmigen Chor
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756117
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756116
Tudor Church Music
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 782078
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760668
nach einem Volkslied aus Schwaben
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753951
from former Czechoslovakia
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 754654
from Spain
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 754648
3. Lino, Leano
for: Mixed choir (SATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751760
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1546121
Version for choir and piano
for: Choir, piano
Single edition
Item no.: 1582426
for: Choir (1 voice), organ [concert band]
Textblatt
Item no.: 1544691
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1546322
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1610504
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 1555532
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 1654916
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1653836
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1651474
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1668261
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1544434
No. 1 How beautiful it is outside
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 795696
I love the Lord
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 795526
Divertimento
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 795302
for: Soloists, male choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 764167
from the Netherlands
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728138
"Nunc dimittis" - Lobgesang des Simeon
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726829
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726326
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 696305
for: Children's choir (School class /music school group)
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 695701
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 695462
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 694267
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 675928
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 675241
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 673123
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 289027
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 463592
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Piano reduction
Item no.: 351747
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 622202
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 659902
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 616922
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 616913
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 288424
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 149515
for: 5 soloists (SMezTTB), narrator, male choir (TTBB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra,
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 191461
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 186541
for: Children's choir [women's choir (SSAA)] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 128600
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 111442
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