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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.
Opéra en 3 actes et 8 tableaux
Acte 2 - Tableau 5
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 687162
Oper/Operette
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 260127
Opera In Un Atto (1980)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 776328
Blasorchester
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592245
Blasorchester
for: Male choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592246
WAB 45
Urtextausgabe
Komplettes Orchestermaterial (kostengünstiger Setpreis)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 655825
1867/68, 1883/93
Anton Bruckner Gesamtausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Conductor score
Item no.: 314893
Critical Ed. D. Daolmi Vol. 4 + 5
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Partitur-Set Gebunden
Item no.: 1547791
Edizione critica a cura di Patricia B. Brauner e Anders Wiklund
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Partitur-Set Gebunden
Item no.: 1547785
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 797179
Dramma giocoso in 2 atti
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 797218
Tragedia lirica in tre atti
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 816946
Classroom Bundle
for: School choir
Score (teacher's manual), 30 student booklets, online audio
Item no.: 777497
Fred Bock Publications
for: Choir
Score, CD
Item no.: 1002914
(Main Title)
Symphony Pops
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1566850
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 661648
A Proclamation of Hope
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1125309
Leipziger Ausgabe der Werke von Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Sächsische Akademie der Wissenschaften
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 658928
Magnum opus musicum, Teil II
for: Mixed choir (4–5 parts) a cappella
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 186048
DTB: Denkmäler der Tonkunst in Bayern Neue Folge, Bd. 18 (Gesamtausgabe) (Complete edition)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Item no.: 479010
Hob. XXII:14
Urtext
Komplettes Orchestermaterial (kostengünstiger Setpreis)
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 667692
London 1739
Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (HHA) I/15
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1018215
Hob. XXI:2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 486546
Oper in 4 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 338141
Opera in 3 acts. Reconstruction of surviving excerpts
Band 3
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 772271
Musikalische Legende in drei Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 287327
Richard Wagner - Sämtliche Werke
Reihe B: Dokumentenband
Band 22
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 772156
Chorsätze zu vier und fünf Stimmen. Teil 1: Nr. 1-156 (ein Satz zu 6 Stimmen von Seth Calvisius)/ Teil 2: Nr. 157-313. 2 Teilbände
Johann Hermann Schein. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke 2
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 876474
III. The Web
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), narrator, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 686599
Complete critical edition of male choruses
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 778107
Sinfonie-Kantate für drei Solostimmen (SST), gemischten Chor (SSAATB) und Orchester
Komplettes Orchestermaterial
for: 3 soloists (SST), mixed choir (SSAATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 681564
Opéra comique in 3 Akten
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630539
Roma, Biblioteca Casanatense 2856.
«Canzoniere di Isabella d’Este»
for: Voices
Music score
Item no.: 779321
L’Arte Armonica. Fonti 2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 780892
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 1161213
Comic Opera in Three Acts
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1060923
Musica Sacra
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band; organ ad lib.
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 485882
Grand Motet
Georg Philipp Telemann. Musikalische Werke 45
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Werkausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 879007
William Walton Edition vol. 5, Hardback
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 893740
Der Thumbe Thor
Musiktheater nach Richard Wagners Parsifal
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1560122
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NMA) I/1/1,4
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 871421
Hob. XXI:2
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 486547
Oper in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 193299
Kompositionen mit italienischem Text IV
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1013015
(with critical report)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
4 Scores
Item no.: 263401
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
3 Scores
Item no.: 697501
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
2 scores (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 771100
Romantisches Schauspiel in vier Akten mit Musikbegleitung, Chören und Tänzen
Franz Schubert. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke II/9
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 638437
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