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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 (SSAB) [4 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3543
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3535
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); basso continuo [organ] ad lib.
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 3519
Weihnachtsoratorium (komplett, Urtextausgabe) (complete, Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 187752
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 4781
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo [organ] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 4425
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4414
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1435
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, choir score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5863
Christmas Oratorio
after the first edition of 1869
Complete orchestral parts
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 649420
for: Male choir
Item no.: 472666
for: Women's choir (AA) [2 solo voices]; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 2792
as well as songs for advent and winter season
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1664423
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1126076
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 193965
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 897552
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 315862
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 321216
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 322059
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 321952
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
4 Scores
Item no.: 780467
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 489460
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 487851
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 871665
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Item no.: 166363
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 558731
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 648471
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 281241
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317419
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 179907
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Book
Item no.: 579219
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 618162
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 210135
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber ensemble
Piano reduction
Item no.: 683186
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 894218
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 495237
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 557422
for: Men's choir [women's chori] (3 equal voices ) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 172634
With texts in Latin
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 490350
5 X-Mas-Arrangements mit Body-Percussion
for: Mixed choir (SAM) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1681123
Paul-Gerhardt-Chorbuch
Ringbindung
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 463229
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ, melodic instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 1669314
Jubelgesang für die Heilige Christnacht
Orgel- und Direktionsstimme
for: Soloist (bass), mixed choir (SATB/SAB), orchestra, organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1689924
for: Male choir (TTBB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1638941
Ein Singen zur Menschwerdung Christi von der Verheißung bis zur Geburt. Nach Volksliedern f. Solostimmen, Chor, Sprecher u. kleines Orch.
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 308308
Two-Part Mixed
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 856000
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077429
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1041047
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