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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.
Leonhard Lechner. Werke 3
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 115714
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115342
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 322060
auf Worte von Goethe, Claudius und Koerppen
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 486094
Ausgabe B für gemischten Chor und Begleitung
(Flöte, Violine 1, Violine 2, Zither, Hackbrett, Harfe (Orgel), Bass)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [folk music band]
Set of parts
Item no.: 413189
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1659237
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 860793
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1121345
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 485915
171 geistliche 2-8 stg. Chorsätze deutscher Meister aus der Zeit um 1400 bis 1750
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 289027
aus dem Toskanischen
for: 4 voices (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 353701
Oratorio in three parts in the arrangement of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. New Mozart Edition (NMA). X/28/1,2
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 339137
Choralkantate Nr. 2 zum Totenfest
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 295275
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 293745
Madrigale 1 - 4
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 293274
Das Chorwerk
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Item no.: 304223
Schott Choral Music
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ
Score
Item no.: 471371
für gleiche Stimmen
Musik zum Gottesdienst
for: Voices
Choir score
Item no.: 413276
Wer weiß, wie nahe mir mein Ende
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392250
Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392234
Gott, der Herr, ist Sonn' und Schild
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392210
Oratorium
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392180
Choral Programme Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 474402
Tragédie (Drame-héroique) in four acts
Urtext edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 444422
for: Choir, organ
Chorpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 879684
Vorschlag zur Revision von J.C. Haeffners Choralbuch (Faksimiles). Anhang: 3 Choräle mit Orchester (Faksimiles)/ Anlage: Berwalds Kommentare zu seiner Choralrevision
Franz Berwald. Sämtliche Werke 23
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Faksimile
Item no.: 879598
Urtext based on the Complete Edition “Jean Sibelius Works”
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 777007
Opera in three acts HWV 40
Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (HHA) II/39
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745185
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 832157
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 832119
Opera buffa in four acts K. 492
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 762503
Eine deutsche Oper in zwei Aufzügen
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NMA) II/5/19
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 762459
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 745507
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 625459
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1262091
Das Arbeitsbuch für die lebendige Vocal-Pop-Performance
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score with lyrics and stage direction
Item no.: 663060
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 612936
9 Settings based on Spanish-Jewish Folk Songs
for: Mixed choir; percussion ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 579863
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314916
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314617
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121269
Zyklus für gemischten Chor nach Gedichten von Wolf Peter Schnetz
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 661887
Ballet héroïque in einem Prolog und vier Akten RCT 44
Fassung 1736
Jean-Philippe Rameau. Opera Omnia (OOR) IV/2+7
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696664
18 Werke
Motetten, Psalmen, Antiphonen, Sequenzen, Hymni
for: Mixed choir (8-12 parts); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 766480
Shawnee Press
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121296
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1121844
Broadway Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 809250
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1010584
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