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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
Chormusik des 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings [organ]
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425803
Nos. 24 and 25 From "Cantiones Sacrae" - for S.A.T.B. and Keyboard (Latin and English Text)
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1626097
No. 5 The Prayer of the Raven
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 898515
Thanksgiving Song from "The Tender Land"
for: Mixed choir (SATBB), concert band
Choir score
Item no.: 896174
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 603512
HWV 258
Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 868968
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 697789
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 944897
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 946276
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934308
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 934294
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 935651
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 935990
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 935916
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 934593
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 936839
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 906262
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 932137
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 931270
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 930778
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929850
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 910699
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 900017
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904864
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 472532
for: Mixed choir, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1147935
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1672888
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908558
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904016
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912512
Guitar
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1154932
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908921
Folk aus Osteuropa
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 914843
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 909936
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912222
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 910721
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1172970
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 766099
n.v.t.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 924161
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 909306
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 912684
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1172528
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1172696
Kyrie – Gloria – Credo
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), piano; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Guitar (single part)
Item no.: 1689345
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1172684
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 912744
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 924164
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