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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
Score
Item no.: 1340252
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340225
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340195
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 1340190
Antiphon zum Karfreitag
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340187
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340158
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340153
aus: Jesu, meine Freude
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340152
aus: Missa in G
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340126
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340071
aus: Choralgesänge (hrsg. von C. P. E. Bach)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340070
aus: Psalmen Davids, hiebevorn in teutzsche Reime gebracht, durch Cornelium Beckern [...]
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340050
Jesus lebt, mit ihm auch ich
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340045
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1340035
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
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Oratorium
for: 6 soloists (SSSATB)[mixed choir], basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1589039
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1587112
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Trauermarsch
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Fassung für Frauenchor
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
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FKV 46
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1655654
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Engelterzett aus "Elias"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1655276
Evangelien-Rockmotette (Latin) zur Konfirmation
Motette Nr. 1 aus "Sieben Rockmotetten nach den Evangelien"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano, percussion
Score
Item no.: 1653580
Oratorio
MWV A 14
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Lyric book
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Offertorium
1734/35
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
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C-Dur
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
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Daybreak Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167825
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167756
ChoirTrax CD
for: Choir
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Item no.: 1167608
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167434
Daybreak Choral Series
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1167411
VoiceTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 904666
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