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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.
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595773
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595752
Brass Band
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595036
for: Choral
Item no.: 1562334
for: Choral
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Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587916
Blasorchester
for: Male choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 587862
Chor (SATB) & Klavier
for: Mixed choir, piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 590111
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690455
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690451
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690449
Lied zum Mitmachen & Mitlachen
for: School class
Score, online audio
Item no.: 1690447
für gem Chor und Blechbläser Partitur und Stimmen (inkl. 20 CHP)
Pop Collection
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 594499
Auferstehungshistorie, Opus 3, für sechs bis acht Stimmen mit Generalbass (Gesamtausgabe) (Complete edition)
for: Favorit choir (SSSATTBarB), mixed choir (SATB), 4 viole da gamba, basso continuo [organ]
Partitur, Leineneinband
Item no.: 232181
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); double bass, organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 232173
aus: Zwölf geistliche Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 232020
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (smezttbarb), orchestra; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB) ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 231965
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 231827
aus: Psalmen Davids
Konzert
for: Favorit choir (ST), orchestra; soloists (ST), 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 231768
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), double bass, organ; 8 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231743
aus: Psalmen Davids, mixolydisch (1619)
Fav SATB/SATB, Bass and Organ, [Cap SSMsB/SSMsB, 8 Instr]
for: 2 mixed choirs (Fav. SATB, SATB), double bass, orgam; 2 mixed choirs (Cap. SSMsB, SSMsB), 8 melodic instruments ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 231711
Serie II Volume III
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 962512
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1653973
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985582
"Lanzknecht"-Ständchen
Schott Chormusik
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203548
Eine bürgerliche Komödie mit sinfonischen Zwischenspielen in zwei Aufzügen
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 100688
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