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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.
Arrangements zum Gotteslob
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 780834
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 114748
for: Choir
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 114661
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 378938
for: Mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 6405
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 808386
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 267070
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 921720
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 818954
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 818931
for: Narrator, soloists, children's choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 818728
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1558232
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1178278
for: Children's choir, the parish, narrator, melody instrument, piano, guitar, percussion
Score
Item no.: 1705667
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 479079
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 339201
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Book
Item no.: 1212937
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1212501
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1213024
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820043
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 819871
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 867680
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 867143
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 879400
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 863445
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 881952
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 263529
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 778579
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 812279
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 673037
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2964
für Männerchor a cappella
Chorpartitur
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1608278
"As the Hart Pants"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 5 soloists (STTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 637950
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 117247
for: Male choir
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 117237
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 117223
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 878462
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950657
German folksongs in new and old arrangements for three-part choir (Soprano, Alto, Baritone)
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1316980
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 587406
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 882756
Opera in three acts HWV 40
Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (HHA) II/39
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745185
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SABar), 2 trumpets, 2 trombones; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 615625
for: children's choir, small ensemble
Score
Item no.: 205968
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 189580
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1007062
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822486
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 1343231
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