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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: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097656
for: Male choir (TB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097293
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959786
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959506
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1097189
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1096904
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1095745
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 310485
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 189440
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 309586
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308553
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309391
Part 1 of the oratorio fragment "Christus" op. 97 MWV A 26
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATTBB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235664
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Single part for mallets
Item no.: 144978
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 409445
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280958
for: Male choir, piano
Choir part Tenor 1
Item no.: 242755
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1211999
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 895837
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202728
for: Soloists [children's choir], guitar
Score
Item no.: 1349750
"Christkindlmesse"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 777909
Orchesterfassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 clarinets (B-flat), 2 horns (C), 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 tenor horns, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Wind parts, Single part Kettledrum
Item no.: 499748
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1682163
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 971647
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 223168
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 637691
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 247291
"Christkindlmesse"
Bläser Set alternativ
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts (Wind instruments)
Item no.: 1639269
"Christkindlmesse"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1639271
für gem Chor und Orgel Partitur (dt)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 630344
Strubes Chorblaetter 4
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 138817
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 192247
Christmas-Song
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 156410
Weihnachtslied
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 643294
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 145738
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 153101
Ch?ur SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1071225
Orchesterfassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, 2 clarinets (B-flat), 2 horns (C), 2 trumpets (B-flat), 2 tenor horns, timpani, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499743
Navidad en Latinoamérica 4
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1009398
Ein Musical zur Weihnachtszeit nach einer Geschichte von Peter Schindler
für Soli, Kinderchor, und Instrumente
for: Children's choir, narrator, chamber orchestra [piano]
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 445257
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 387944
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 386090
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 386087
for: Choir
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 386068
Adventliches Singspiel über Lukas 17,11-19
Die biblischen Singspiele von Ulrich Gohl sind ein Versuch, Kinder und Erwachsene mitgestaltend am Gottesdienst zu beteiligen.
for: Soloists, children's choir, keyboard
Lyric book
Item no.: 231407
for: Male choir
Item no.: 242639
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 422873
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