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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.
für zwei gemischte Chöre, ad lib. Instrumente colla parte
Sing- und Spielpartitur
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 212022
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 210840
für gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Nr. 1 aus "Fünf Passionsmotetten"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 199513
Spieloper in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 199240
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203151
Wilhelm Busch-Zyklus Nr. 2
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 203130
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203028
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 202986
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 202962
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202705
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 202687
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 202636
(liturg.)op. 15
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202589
Stand: Februar 1995
Lehrplan des VdM
for: Choir
Study book
Item no.: 118390
op. 49
for: Choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 106113
Nr. 7 Weihnachtsmotette (Ecce Sacerdos)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 106055
Nr. 5 Anbetung (Ave Maria)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 106053
Oper in 3 Akten
Teil B
Band 4, Teil B (mit kritischem Bericht) (with critical report)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 104713
Choral Singing – The Easy Way to Learn. Progress through Private Practice
Choral Part Soprano
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 Playback-CDs (choir part soprano)
Item no.: 104030
Oper in drei Aufzügen op. 25
Neue Bearbeitung von 1934
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100668
Spieloper in zwei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 100614
Tragödie in einem Aufzug von Hugo von Hofmannsthal op. 58
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100551
aus der "Hermannsschlacht" von Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock
for: Male choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 100544
"Frühlingsluft, Blütenduft" - Walzer
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 102835
Lied aus der Operette "Im Reiche des Indra"
for: Male choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 102815
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 102799
21 Stücke und Übungen zum Musizieren im Klassenverband ab der 5. Schulstufe
for: Children's choir (School class /music school group)
Book
Item no.: 622076
Drei Lieder für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 620701
Complete Critical Edition of Male Choruses
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 117480
24 Sätze zeitgenössischer Komponisten
Chormusik für Kinder 1
for: Children's choir (1–3 parts)
Choir score
Item no.: 117192
Motette für die Advents– und Weihnachtszeit
Du König der Ehren, wir danken dir
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 117132
Hymne
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloist (tenor), children's choir (SA), 2 mixed choirs (STB/STB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116978
mit beiden Versionen des Magnificat
Lauda und Magnificat sind eine Quarte abwärts transponiert
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SSATTB, SATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 657090
Novello Choral Pops
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 556676
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389149
Kyrie-Gloria-Messe (Lutherische Messe)
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 362344
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 organs
Score
Item no.: 580411
Ballade von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 489921
The Masterworks Library
for: 3 soloists (STB), boys’ choir, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 297537
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 289294
Orchesterfassung
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 246105
Oratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 476447
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 475994
Adventskantate
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 474929
Ein wandernder Gesell zieht munter durch den Wald
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 474852
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 474597
And Other Retro Classics
Choral Basics
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 461586
for female chorus and piano (organ)
Texts by Nick Fawcett
Volume 1
for: Women's choir (SA), piano [organ]
Piano score
Item no.: 473519
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