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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.
SWV 299
aus: Erster Theil Kleiner geistlichen Concerten
Leipzig, 1636
for: Mixed choir (SABar), organ
Score, continuo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 5475
aus: Sechs vierstimmige Lieder, op. 32 (Nr. 5)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5742
a tre voci in canone
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5881
„Weg mit Quart- und Foliobänden“
aus: Sechs Canons zu Drey und Vier Stimmen, Leipzig 1807
for: Women's choir [male choir] (3 voices)
Score
Item no.: 6313
aus: "Neue kurtzweilige Teutsche Liedlein mit dreyen stimmen nach art der Welschen Vilanellen"
Nürnberg, 1589
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6338
from "Songs for Gospel 3"
for Choir (SATB), Piano (Guitar, Bass, Drums ad lib)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Score, audio files
Item no.: 8013
from: „Gospelsongs Selected“
for Choir (SATB) and Combo (Piano / Guitar / Bass / Drums)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; guitar, bass, percussion ad lib.
Piano score, Choir score, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 8037
aus "Festina nelle sera" (1608)
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2886
aus: Fünf Lieder für gemischten Chor, op. 55 (Nr. 2)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4291
1. Wurze des Waldes / 2. Ich will truren fahren lan
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742416
1. Ständchen "Wir haben uns als Musici"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742659
aus "Des Knaben Wunderhorn"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742742
op. 41
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 737955
1. Der Fährmann "Der Fährmann lag in seinem Schiff"
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 737989
Lanzknecht-Ständchen
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746980
from Turkey
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 728161
O primavera
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 729157
Halleluja-Ruf: GL 174,3 (Lukas 3,4,6)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 734124
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 729404
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760231
for: Women's choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760852
(Home)
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 750704
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 761312
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 739064
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Music score
Item no.: 725106
Magnificat-Antiphon zum Fest "Allerheiligen"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725782
Version for mixed choir (SATB) and string orchestra or organ
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra [organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 725968
Requiem
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 756455
Choralsatz aus der Kantate
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756481
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 758374
2. Stimmen "Den Kopf zur Seite gebogen". Tango
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751675
Schlusschoral aus der Johannes-Passion
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751725
for mixed chorus a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751812
Ballade for 12-part mixed choir (SSSAAATTTBBB)
for: Mixed choir (SSSAAATTTBBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751864
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751916
Ave Maria - Ave maris stella - Ave verum corpus
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 755457
"Immer lustig, fesch und munter" (Marsch)
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 781537
(Fatherland)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 779751
Georg Kreisler - Lieder und Chansons
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 793874
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 793980
No. 3 O Lord, look down from heaven
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 795521
No. 1 The man lives and subsists only a short time
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 795711
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 793496
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1351347
für gemischten Chor mit Orgelbegleitung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 4400
für 4stg. gemischten Chor a capella, op. 69C
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1658497
Nr. 2: Aylaleló (Galizia) / Nr. 3: Rosinyol (Katalonien)
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746900
aus "Newe und lustige weltliche teutsche Liedlein" (Dresden 1578)
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751700
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