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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.
Wedding Cantata – Was Gott tut das ist wohlgetan
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben – revised edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233551
Kantate zum 18. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233503
Cantata for Palm Sunday or for the feast of the Annunciation
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1 solo
Item no.: 234008
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Trombone 2
Item no.: 237082
aus: Messe in F (2. Fassung)
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237071
op. 1 Nr. 4
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236925
Dominicusmesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Trombone 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236658
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230183
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230182
Musical für junge Leute
for: Soloists, children's choir, actors, instruments
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 231500
F-Dur
for: Children's choir (1–3 parts), piano [keyboard], rhythm group
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 231482
Kantate
for: Soloists, children's choir, orchestra
Single part Clarinet
Item no.: 231285
Second version with the variant of the Osanna in excelsis and the Cum Sancto Spiritu Fugue from the first version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 695403
Kantate zum 4. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424877
Erstausgabe bei Carus
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424869
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424385
Fassung I für gem. Chor und Volksmusikinstrumente/Orgel
Klarinette II in C
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Clarinet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 663262
Fassung I für gem. Chor und Volksmusikinstrumente/Orgel
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Single part Accordion
Item no.: 663259
op. 60
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237493
ZWV 21
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 669212
Kantate über den 84. Psalm für vier Solostimmen (SSAB), gemischten Chor (SSATB) und Orchester
Pauken / Schlagzeug (1 Spieler)
for: 4 solo voices (SSAB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Timpani (orchestral part)
Item no.: 676853
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); double bass, organ ad lib.
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1105643
Offertorium in festo Sti Benedicti
Kritische Neuausgabe, stützt sich auf die im Archiv der Heiligen Kapelle zu Altötting 1988entdeckte Stimmenabschrift als älteste bekannte Quelle
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234924
Begräbnismusik in drei Teilen für Singstimmen und Basso continuo
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe Urtext
for: 8 voices (SSAATTBB), organ, bass; mixed choir (SSATTB), 6 melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Single part 3
Item no.: 674155
Kantate zum 3. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 673231
Cantata for the 7th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673186
Motette
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 280480
Motette
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 280462
Psalm 112
Dresden version – First Edition
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681061
für Solostimmen (SST(A)TB), gemischten Chor (SST(A)TB) und Orchester
Einzelstimme Viola 2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Single part viola 2
Item no.: 678076
Kantate zum 3. Pfingsttag
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (durchgesehene Neuauflage)
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 677331
Marienvesper SV 206
Urtext
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 676271
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 675514
für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Violine 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675512
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 198193
Bestimmung unbekannt
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233515
Cantata for the 2nd day of Pentecost
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233142
Version Koch
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424203
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424192
Kantate zum Sonntag Exaudi
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 423320
16th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232795
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 402064
Psalm 24
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double bass, organ; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB, SSATTB) ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 232117
Lobsinget Gott, dem Herrn
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 8 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Single part(n)
Item no.: 232079
Das Credo. Aus: Zwölf geistliche Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 231987
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (smezttbarb), orchestra; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB) ad lib.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231966
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (SATB), chapell choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231923
Gleichnis vom vierfachen Ackerfeld. Aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (SATB), chapell choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231916
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