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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 "Wirtzgärtleins Deutsch und Lateinischer Geistlicher Lieder ...", Augsburg, 1619
eingerichtet für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4163
for: The parish, mixed choir (SATB), organ [small orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 796641
aus "Wirtzgärtleins Deutsch und Lateinischer Geistlicher Lieder ...", Augsburg, 1619
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4164
Aus dem Lochheimer Liederbuch
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043799
aus "Musae Sioniae", 9. Teil
for: Male choir (TTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1627
Christmas Carol
arranged for mixed voices (SAB)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2654
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1043803
American Folksong
for: Mixed choir (SSAB), piano [keyboard/guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 2013
Scherz Verlag
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 302898
Der Junge Sound 55
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 289572
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 377364
for: Male choir
Vocal score
Item no.: 577519
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1772
Fürt jede Stimm ir eygen Text
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3263
for Choir
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3533
Carol
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 4045
aus: "Neue teutsche Gesang", Augsburg 1596
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2724
aus: Neüe Teütsche Gesang
Augsburg, 1596
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5452
aus: "Der erste Frühlingstag", op. 48 (Nr. 4)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5529
aus: Neüe Teütsche Gesang
Augsburg, 1596
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5802
Volkslied, WoO 33, Nr. 48
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1342
aus: Newe kurtzweilige Teutsche Liedtlein Zu dreyen Stimmen Welche gantz Lieblich zu singen vnd auff Instrumenten Zugebrauchen
Helmstedt, 1587
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5725
aus: Musae Sioniae, 9. Teil
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2137
Hymnus in Sabbato Quadragesimae
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 4837
from "A Collection of New Glees"
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 4650
aus "Neue Lieder gantz lieblich zu singen" (Königsberg, 1589)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1571
aus "Romanzen und Balladen für gemischten Chor", op. 146 (Nr. 3)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4596
aus "Vier Lieder des Gedächtnisses", op. 24 (Nr. 3)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1142
for Female Choir
for: Women's choir (SAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3978
Johannes I, 14
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4032
for Choir
for: Mixed choir (STB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3547
aus: "Neue kurtzweilige Teutsche Liedlein mit dreyen stimmen nach art der Welschen Vilanellen"
Nürnberg, 1589
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5442
for: Mixed choir (SAB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 3311
Spiritual für Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 3374
Folk Hymn
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2132
Christmas Carol
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4047
(Gelobet seist Du, Jesu Christ)
aus: Newe Deudsche Geistliche Gesenge für die Gemeinen Schulen
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5239
aus: Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 35
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5269
(Psalm 80,2)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4029
Weihnachtslied für Chor (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1663947
from "Ayres or Phantasticke Spirites for Three Voices", 1608
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4300
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2497
aus "Trium vocum cantiones centum ..." (München 1541)
Ausgabe für gemischte Stimmen
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3308
aus "Musae sioniae"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2255
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 217660
aus "Canzonets, Or little short songs for three voices"
London, 1602
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4282
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, organ
Choir score (for the parish)
Item no.: 232346
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 388166
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