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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.
Cantata for the 4th Sunday of Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 291351
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1545142
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1545051
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1544680
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209068
(Our Mountains)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 779823
for: Women's choir (SMezA), piano
Partitur
Item no.: 1681063
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1545652
for: Mixed choir (SATB), percussion, organ
Partitur
Item no.: 1545587
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1544542
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1544437
Prayer to (Your) Guardian Angel
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1642031
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1043243
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 137824
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 174517
for: 4 voices (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1545772
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 657722
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 633921
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 632887
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 632832
Text und Melodie aus dem "Lochamer Liederbuch" (1452)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756142
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756137
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756134
Text und Melodie aus Schlesien
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756131
Text aus Schwaben / Melodie Schwäbische Volksweise, zuerst bei Silcher, Volkslieder
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756130
aus der "Fröhlichen Wanderkantate"
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756128
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 722919
Text trad. (1602) / Melodie trad. (1545)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726310
Melodie trad. (18. Jh.)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726301
Text und Melodie trad. (1540)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 726297
(Tod)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725790
from Japan
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728175
from former Czechoslovakia
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728152
from France
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728145
(By His People)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 784009
Motet
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 795684
Motet
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 795679
Amusing choral variations on an Hungarian folksong
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 793991
"Freunde, Wasser machet stumm"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747088
"Es tanzen Mond und Sterne"
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 747057
1. Ei, steig auf · Aj, stupaj
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 747013
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746983
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 616920
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 615471
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 615465
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 444846
for: Mixed choir (SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 429186
for mixed choir a cappella (SATBarB)
for: Mixed choir (SATBarB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 759014
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