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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: Symphoniae sacrae III
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231863
aus: Psalmen Davids
Konzert
for: Favorit choir (at), chapell choir (SSATB), orchestra
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231778
aus: Psalmen Davids
Motette
for: Favorit choir (SMezT, SMezAT, AT, ATBarB), chapell choir (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231758
from "Josua"
for: 3 soloists (SSA/TTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235511
from "Josua"
for: 3 soloists (SSA/TTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235510
ZWV 50
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATBBB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235232
Offertorium
Schubert-Archiv
Stuttgarter Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237937
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237746
Kantate zum Fest Mariae Heimsuchung (Leipziger Fassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 497397
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 463048
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1557101
Funeral Anthem HWV 54
for: 6 soloists (SSATBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 601976
über Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
TVWV 9:2
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043215
zum Pfingstfest über Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043128
zum Weihnachtsfest über "Ein Kindelein so löbelich"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1024898
op. 72
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor; the parish, orchestra, organ ad lib.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236298
Wq 217
Einzelstimme Coro 1: Vl. 1
for: Soloist (alto), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421971
für Soli, Doppelchor und Orchester (1843)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235349
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230613
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230611
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [orchestra]
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 470192
B minor BWV 103
Cantata for the Sunday of Jubilate
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1642616
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
BWV 72
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1552664
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1136602
Psalm 121
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043107
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 779172
Urtext Stuttgart Handel Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 779146
Early version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Violin 1b (orchestral part)
Item no.: 459767
Die Kantate 108
for: Soloist (soprano), children's choir (1 voice), mixed choir (SATB), strings
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230334
for: 2 soloists (AT), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230283
aus "Andere Kernsprüche" 1652, Nr. 16
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 230203
Kantate
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230146
for: 4 soloists (SATB) [selected choir], mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230069
Passions-Oratorium in drei Teilen
Viola
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384945
Kantate zum Sonntag Exaudi
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234022
Kantate zum Sonntag Sexagesimae
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233998
Kantate zum 17. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233735
Kantate zum Ratswechsel
Umgestaltung der gleichnamigen Kantate zum 12. Sonntag nach Trinitatis BWV 69a
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233159
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATBB, SATBB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232577
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATBB, SATBB), orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232575
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATBB, SATBB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232572
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232391
Cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity.
Leipzig Version.
Reconstruction Masaaki Suzuki
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 797126
Cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity.
Leipzig Version.
Reconstruction Masaaki Suzuki
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797123
Warburton E 14
Responsorium. Mailänder Vesperpsalm
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 693167
Cantata for the 8th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 683894
Trauerode für Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Kammerorchester
Orgel
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 681148
Kantate zum Sonntag nach Neujahr
Orgel
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 681095
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