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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.
aus "Musae Sioniae" (1609)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1140
Gospel
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5003
für gem Chor (SAM), Tasteninstrument und Bläser Gemeindeblatt
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Item no.: 690410
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202497
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 203510
nach "Dormi, fili, dormi"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4120
aus "Neue teutsche Gesang, nach Art der welschen Madrigalien und Canzonetten"
Augsburg, 1596
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2095
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 386066
Kanon zu zwei Stimmen
aus: Canons. Zum Schulgebrauche und als Anhang zu jeder Chorgesangschule
Nördlingen, 1866
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5858
Kanon zu zwei Stimmen, aus "Compendium musicae" (Augsburg, 1591)
for: Mixed choir (SB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1800
Canon for three voices
for: Women's choir [male choir] (3 voices)
Sheet music
Item no.: 3105
von der Siegreichen Aufferstehung unsers HERRN Jesu Christi
aus: Haußmusic Geistlicher Gesäng
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5320
Psalm 61
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1683
aus: "Kirchengesänge, Psalmen und geistliche Lieder auf die gemeinen Melodien mit vier Stimmen simpliciter gesetzt"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3573
for: Solo voice (high), choir (one voice), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1114
Schweizer Sterndreherlied für gemischten Chor (SAB)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2386
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202494
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3422
aus: Der evangelische Kirchenchor
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4967
(Lochamer Liederbuch, um 1450)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4432
Christmas Carol for Mixed Choir (SAB)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2463
Volkslied für gemischten Chor (SAB)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2387
aus: "Fuenfftzig Geistliche Lieder vnd Psalmen ..."
Nürnberg 1586
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4115
aus dem "Cantionale sacrum", Gotha 1646
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2738
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476531
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280876
Gesang der Wolgabootschlepper
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 202403
Kanon mit nachträglich unterlegtem Text
KV 507
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 4903
Das Fischergewerbe gibt rüstigen Mut!
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4801
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5399
aus dem "Wittenbergisch deutsch Geistlich Gesangbüchlein", 1551
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2730
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3528
aus: Dodekatonon Musicum Triciniorum ..., Erfurt 1588
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 6477
Psalm 150
aus "Psalmen Davids, Hiebevorn in Teutzsche Reimen gebracht durch D. Cornelium Beckern ..."
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 3070
Schottisches Volkslied
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4917
aus "Musae sioniae", 9. Teil
für gemischten Chor (SAM)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2110
Wohin mit der Freud
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4328
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1279
aus: "Ein schön geistlich Gesangbuch ..." , Jena 1609
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3845
aus Georg Forsters Sammlung "Frische teutsche Liedlein"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2847
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280744
op. 56
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 203832
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202482
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 4768
Lore-Ley
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3499
Volkslied
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5256
Kanon zu vier Stimmen in der Unterquarte
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5419
aus: Dodekatonon Musicum Triciniorum ..., Erfurt 1588
for: Mixed choir (SAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6476
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