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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.
BR JCFB E 1
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234221
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234101
for: Choir (one voice), mixed choir (sam/sam), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230592
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230480
Die Kantate 108
for: Soloist (soprano), children's choir (1 voice), mixed choir (SATB), strings
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230332
Lambacher Messe. Missa Lambacensis
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1161196
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1018640
Viennese version
1736/ 1800/ 1843
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 770904
Offertorium in C-Dur
1734/35
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 638892
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ solo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797924
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
bezeichnete Stimme
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 668512
für gemischten Chor (SATB), Streicher und Pauken
Einzelstimme Violine 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 644518
Psalm 127
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 608463
Oratorium für Gründonnerstag und Karfreitag
Reprint 1896
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Single part harmonium
Item no.: 1672745
zum Osterfest Christ lag in Todes Banden
TVWV 9:3 (1720)
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043181
zum Weihnachtsfest über "Ein Kindelein so löbelich"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1024897
WAB 44
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 violins, organ; cello, timpani ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1697123
Oratorium
BR-CPEB D 3 (Wq 240)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 1596281
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 664565
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 664558
Jugendmesse
for: 2 soloists (SS), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 682934
aus "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [male choir (TTBB)], orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 202269
Cantata for the Second Advent TVWV 1:301
Bäreneiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 426107
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Oboe (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425574
Eine satirische Chor-Revue in 10 Abteilungen
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, narrator, flexible ensemble
Guitar (single part)
Item no.: 326971
Missa solemnis in honorem Beatissimae Virginis Mariae
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 337396
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171849
Edition Peters Green Series
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 274954
Kantate Nr. 52
23. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 292136
Cantata for Whit Monday
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 875430
Cantata for Easter Tuesday
Third version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 746031
Bärenreiter Urtext
Coro II – Viola
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), strings, basso continuo; 4 soloists (SSAA) ad lib.
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690718
Kantate
for: 3 voices (SSB) [mixed choir], 2 violins, bassoon, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 766608
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; orchestra ad lib.
Single part Trumpet 1, 2
Item no.: 696295
Second version with the variant of the Osanna in excelsis and the Cum Sancto Spiritu Fugue from the first version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695407
for: Soloist (alto), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1121014
1. Osterfesttag [Ostersonntag]
BWV 31
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1644935
Himmelfahrt
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689327
Erstausgabe nach den Klosterneuburger Stimmen
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
unbezeichnete Stimme
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237194
Kantate über den 84. Psalm für vier Solostimmen (SSAB), gemischten Chor (SSATB) und Orchester
Violine 2
for: 4 solo voices (SSAB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 676855
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1350856
nach der "Cantate zu Ehren von Joseph Spendou's" D 427 (op. posth.128)
for: 2 soloists (SBar), Male choir (TTBB), string orchestra, piano
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672651
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Single part Viola 1
Item no.: 1350865
nach der "Cantate zu Ehren von Joseph Spendou's" D 427 (op. posth.128)
for: 2 soloists (SBar), Male choir (TTBB), string orchestra, piano
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672653
Gitarre und/oder Tasteninstrument
for: Children's choir (SA) [mixed choir (SATB)], instruments
Guitar (single part)
Item no.: 1566760
für Solistenquartett (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB) und Streicher
Viola
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 676865
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Single part Cello
Item no.: 1556959
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Bass instrument
Item no.: 646776
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