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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: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 132973
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 469798
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1713805
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ
Score
Item no.: 340354
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 346984
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 561573
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 628997
for: Mixed choir (SABar); piano ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 210984
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 167143
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir, children's choir, band
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
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Cantata for the Purification of Mary or 3rd day of Easter
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), oboe, violin, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 683048
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1672479
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1031921
for: Mixed choir; organ [piano] ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 301765
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 697592
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score, online playback
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 797745
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano; latin percussion ad lib.
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
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for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Score
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for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 798109
from Frozen
Disney Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 745617
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 863564
from Frozen
Disney Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
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for: Women's choir (3 parts), piano
Choir score
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for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB divisi), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SAM), organ
Score
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for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano score
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for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
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for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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