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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.
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 948765
Hob. XXI:3
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 771492
Tragedia lirica in due atti
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 696714
Oratorio in three acts HWV 70
Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (HHA) I/30
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 619134
Faksimile der autographen Partitur in der Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz
Documenta musicologica II/54 / Bärenreiter Facsimile
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (facsimile hardcover)
Item no.: 681383
Estomihi bis Jubilate
Georg Philipp Telemann. Musikalische Werke 48
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Werkausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 869089
Complete Edition with critical report, clothbound, Abteilung I, Band 5
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 776831
Dramma per musica
Venice 1655
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 797280
Eines der ergreifenden späten Kirchenwerke des gefeierten Opernkomponisten
komplettes Orchestermaterial zum kostengünstigen Set-Preis
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 674165
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 583380
Tragédie en cinq actes
Jean-Philippe Rameau. Opera Omnia (OOR) IV/6 (Gesamtausgabe, Urtextausgabe) (Complete edition, Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 149787
Oper in einem Prolog und drei Akten RCT 49
Jean-Philippe Rameau. Opera Omnia (OOR) IV/18
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 696666
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 203075
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 260325
GESAMTAUSGABE ABTEILUNG 5 REIHE B 16/1
for: 5 soloists (SMezTTB), narrator, male choir (TTBB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra,
Book (critical commentary)
Item no.: 321192
Franz Schubert. New Edition of All Works I/4
for: Soloists, mixed choir, organ
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1552119
Arnold Schönberg – Sämtliche Werke 16,1
for: 5 soloists (SMezTTB), narrator, male choir (TTBB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra,
Book (critical commentary, hardcover)
Item no.: 473326
Zwölf Kirchenmusiken von Himmelfahrt bis zum 7. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Georg Philipp Telemann-Gesamtausgabe, Musikalische Werke 56
for: Choir
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 677539
Melodramma in un prologo e due atti
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 771082
Recent Researches In The Music Of The Classical Era 79
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 564637
Motetten XI (Magnum opus musicum, Teil XI)
Alte Folge Band 18
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1551758
BWV 244
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach Ausgaben
Komplettes Orchestermaterial (kostengünstiger Setpreis)
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 671873
Symphonie dramatique
Hector Berlioz. New Edition of the Complete Works (NBE) 18 (Gesamtausgabe, Urtextausgabe) (Complete edition, Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116885
tragedia lirica divisa in prologò e due atti
Partitura e Commento Critico (in Inglese)
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (hardcover, with musicological analysis)
Item no.: 260522
Oper/Operette
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 131276
edited by the National Library of Finland and the Sibelius Society of Finland
Series VII (Works for Choir) Vol. 3: Op. 19 (Two Versions), Op. 28 (Two Versions), Op. 29, Op. 30
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1105793
Eine komische Oper
OPERA - Spektrum des europäischen Musiktheaters in Einzeleditionen 4
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Werkausgabe, Partitur, Kritischer Bericht, Datenträger (USB-Karte), Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 868778
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 607188
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 607187
Musical Works 61
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1676692
Komische Oper in 4 Akten (Gesamtausgabe) (Complete edition)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Item no.: 492777
(With optional Choir)
Band Music
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1011830
in 10 volumes
for: Mixed choir a cappella
10 music scores (Urtext)
Item no.: 585434
Dramma lirico in 3 atti
Partitura e Commento Critico (in Inglese)
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 192411
Oratorio
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1209977
Musica Sacra
for: Solo voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), concert band; organ ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 680832
Saint Benedict Cantata
Konzertwerk aus der Reihe Musica Sacra
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 659585
A Cantata for Christmas
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 1656153
Niels W. Gade. Werke IV/9
for: Choir
Gesamtausgabe, Chorpartitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 868887
Oper in zwei Akten (endgültige Fassung) / in einem Akt (Originalfassung)
Masterpieces of Italian Opera
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 868781
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1155670
Orchestration on CD-Rom
for: Choir
CD-ROM
Item no.: 823714
Opernfragment
Franz Schubert. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke II/15
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 878462
Tragédie-opéra in three acts
Paris Version 1776
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 115358
Dramma per musica in three acts
New Mozart Edition (NMA). II/5/11
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 745998
Oper in 3 Akten
Neue Dirigierpartituren-Reihe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Conductor score
Item no.: 696417
Opéra in fünf Akten
Fassung von Februar 1756
Jean-Philippe Rameau. Opera Omnia (OOR) IV/26
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 1534620
Complete Edition with critical report, clothbound, Band 9
joint publishing venture with Editio Musica Budapest
for: Choir
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1012822
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