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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.
Hymnus in Dominicis et Feriis Adventus Domini
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3535
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1435
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202479
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 203512
Lieder und Gesänge zum Gottesdienst
für Gemeinde, Chor, Querflöte, Bläser, Orgel oder Gitarre
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flute, organ
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 428896
Volkslied
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2266
Psalm 1
aus "Psalmen Davids, Hiebevorn in Teutzsche Reimen gebracht durch D. Cornelium Beckern ..."
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 4287
aus dem "Wittenbergisch deutsch Geistlich Gesangbüchlein", 1551
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2731
aus dem "Wittenbergisch deutsch Geistlich Gesangbüchlein", 1551
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2732
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 202636
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3338
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4022
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4852
Volkslied aus Hessen
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2157
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Flute (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690443
(Nürnberg, 1608)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1464
aus: "Kirchengesänge, Psalmen und geistliche Lieder auf die gemeinen Melodien mit vier Stimmen simpliciter gesetzt", 1608
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3844
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476530
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202480
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.: 5633
("Heilig ist der Herr Sabaoth")
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3446
Votivmess – Deutsche Propriumsgesänge
for: Mixed choir (SATB), parish, brass winds, organ
Choir score (for the parish)
Item no.: 769597
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 223251
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476527
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 476526
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 476519
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476283
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476518
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 491378
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 476521
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476534
Der Sieg ist dein mein Heldenvolk
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043728
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476528
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 188500
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476535
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476520
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 241754
for: Male choir, orchestra
Item no.: 122223
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 476522
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 644971
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Item no.: 465212
for: Mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 210318
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Item no.: 210648
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 209114
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 165817
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 146930
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 131068
for: Choir
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 386945
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