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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: Sieben geistliche Volkslieder
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339357
Oratorio
MWV A 14
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Lyric book
Item no.: 1652975
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4147
zu drei Stimmen
for: Mixed choir (SAB) [3 voices (SAB)]
Score
Item no.: 2149
aus: Neüe Teütsche Gesang
Augsburg, 1596
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5804
D. 67
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4826
Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano [keyboard], guitar, bass, drums ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 2944
aus: Epithalamia
Deutsche und Lateinische Geistliche Hochzeit Gesänge,1587
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5483
aus "Prophetiae Sybillarum"
München, 1600
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3379
aus der Oper "Madama Butterfly"
transponierte Fassung in F
for: Mixed choir (ST), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2030
aus: "Newe Teutsche Lieder ..."
München, 1572
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5271
for: Male choir
Item no.: 1667259
aus: Etliche außerlesene kurtze gute geistliche und weltliche Liedlein
München, 1582
tiefe Ausgabe (Original)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6031
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3576
Nr. 6 aus: Sechs Lieder für Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660056
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Item no.: 293186
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 290497
Offertorium B-Dur (Psalm 66) für Chor (SAB), 2 Violinen und Bc
for: Mixed choir (SABar), 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 328932
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 139848
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 165969
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 368475
nach der Fassung von J. S. Bach
aus der Notenbibliothk Johann Sebastian Bachs
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424343
für gem Chor a cappella
Partitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1203798
Ich wandre durch die stille Nacht
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4908
Nr. 1
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4344
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 6804
op. 60, Nr. 4
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3888
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3511
aus: „Erster Theil Teutscher Villanellen“
Dresden 1627
for: Mixed choir (SSB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6348
Ich mööch zo Foß noh Kölle jon
für gemischten Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 3192
aus: "Neue kurtzweilige Teutsche Liedlein mit dreyen stimmen nach art der Welschen Vilanellen"
Nürnberg, 1589
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5219
aus: "Hymni Sacri", Erfurt 1587
Ausgabe für hohe Stimmen
for: Mixed choir (SAABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5600
aus: Ghirlanda de Madrigali a quatro voci
Venedig 1593
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 6465
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 301458
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 134642
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 218052
for: Mixed choir (SAB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1160989
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 371780
op. 60, Nr. 2
(Geh' aus, mein Herz und suche Freud')
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3878
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1337865
für gem Chor a cappella
Partitur
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1203812
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043879
Psalm 51, 12-14
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1588
op. 53, Nr. 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3829
Nr. 2, aus "Sechs Lieder" op. 25
für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3942
aus: Musae Sioniae, Fünffter Theil
Wolfenbüttel, 1607
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5352
Nr. 5 aus: Sechs Lieder für Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 663315
WoO 22 (1891)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4193
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