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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.
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 851083
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850827
for: Soloist (alto), women's choir (SSAAA), flute, viola, cimbalom
Choir score
Item no.: 850616
for: Male choir (TBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 255464
for: Women's choir (4 voices) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822619
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 851074
Choruses for Children’s, Female and Male Voices
Kórusművek 1
Gyermek-, női és férfikarok
for: Choir
Choir book
Item no.: 850936
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850691
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 850576
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 850325
for male, female or mixed voices
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 314476
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 314472
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 273014
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 131988
for: Women's choir [male choir] (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 850987
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850588
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850552
for: Mixed choir (SATB), oboe
Score
Item no.: 850508
for: Women's choir, flute
Score
Item no.: 850498
for: Mixed choir (SMezAATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850451
for: Mixed choir (SSAAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850448
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850373
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 850343
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850293
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822667
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822633
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 466336
based on the play "Uncle Vania" by A. Tchekov
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 274633
for female chorus and chamber orchestra to a poem by Sándor Weöres
for: Women's choir (SMezA), chamber orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 274632
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 256464
for: Male choir (3–4 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850326
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850268
for: Children's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822718
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 822648
Musica Sacra vegyeskarra I/4
Songs about Jesus and the saints
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 193215
Opera in 3 acts op. 32
Libretto from M. Vörösmarty's drama by the composer
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 256338
for: Women's choir [children's choir] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 851090
for: Women's choir [male choir] (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 851082
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850894
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850861
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 850817
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850809
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850799
for: Children's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850781
for: Mixed choir (3 voices)
Choir score
Item no.: 850743
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850739
for: Children's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850715
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850709
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