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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.
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920498
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920382
Voice Junction
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920377
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920334
Church Music Society publications
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920298
New Horizons
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920278
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867315
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 867037
Church Music Society publications
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 877943
New Horizons
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 894519
New Horizons
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 894102
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893805
Church Music Society publications
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 893137
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892623
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892544
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892419
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891672
Emerging Voices
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891647
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891545
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 890959
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 890538
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 890484
New Horizons
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889943
Oxford Choral Classics
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889785
Songbird
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889680
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889259
Church Music Society publications
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889223
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 888918
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 888890
Passion Oratorio
New Edition
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), strings, timpani
Piano reduction
Item no.: 681241
suitable for the original version and for the version with chamber orchestra
Graduated prices on request
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 678617
für Solostimmen (SST(A)TB), gemischten Chor (SST(A)TB) und Orchester
Stimmenset
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 678078
für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Orchester
Partitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 675410
Lieder nach Klaviersonaten Beethovens
instrumentale Klassiker in modernem Gewand
for: Children's choir (S/SA) [mixed choir (SAM)], piano; instruments ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 692542
based on "The Creation" by Joseph Haydn
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 691968
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 687240
Version for solo, choir, string orchestra and organ
French Sacred Music – Urtext
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685621
ChaB 50
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685618
Symphonic version (1900)
Piano score XL in large, reader-friendly print
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (XL format)
Item no.: 684897
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 683046
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 683044
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday in Advent (Reconstruction)
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683042
"Der Glaube; Wenn winters in den Nächten"
aus: Bühnenmusik zu Sophokles' "Edipo a Colono"
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 771480
Eine Begegnung mit der jungen Sophie Scholl
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Piano reduction
Item no.: 770237
Requiem
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 762110
Mörike songs, No. 10
Arrangement by Denis Rouger
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 696384
Second version 1882
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), wind ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 694260
Version for Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra; drum kit ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 694236
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