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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), organ
Score
Item no.: 209845
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 661347
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 911594
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 145073
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 340547
for: Children's choir [women's choir] (SA), piano
Score
Item no.: 139685
Krippenspiel für Kindergarten– und Grundschulkinder
Klavierpartitur mit Aufführungshinweisen
for: Children's choir, narrator, actors, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 663344
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 632995
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321607
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317282
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317371
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 886776
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 323684
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 297308
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 661167
Oratorium In Festum Nativitatis Christi (GraunWV Bv:IX:18)
Aufführungsmaterial leihweise direkt beim ortus Verlag
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 135810
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 364328
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984625
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [piano]
Score
Item no.: 772237
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 771015
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 655659
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (2–3 parts)
Score
Item no.: 409323
for: Soloist, women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 312960
for: Women's choir (SA), harp
Score
Item no.: 349331
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 874036
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 362850
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 183143
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 104313
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 312260
for: 5 voices (TTBarBarB) [Male choir] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1671073
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1667195
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342319
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 117227
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 247051
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1154568
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1153166
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1158535
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1158885
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1160461
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196637
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 342780
Der Lobgesang der Maria (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115706
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 334062
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 341667
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1150281
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1150775
for: Soloists, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 673462
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