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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: post tenebras lux
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1655421
aus: Il - La Chenille & La Chèvre du Tibet
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1655420
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1655419
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1655413
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1655393
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 1655410
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1655394
Motette über Matthäus 25, 31-46
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1655402
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1655396
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1655398
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1655397
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 1650914
for: Mixed choir, piano
Klavierauszug, Urtextausgabe, Digitalartikel (AODP)
Item no.: 1650885
for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
Item no.: 1650868
for: Choral
Item no.: 1650869
4. Rondell "Eur Augenpaar"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1642017
Operette in 3 Akten | Kritische Gesamtausgabe herausgegeben von Michael Rot
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Textbuch/Libretto Fassungen A/B/C
Item no.: 1641938
Operette in 3 Akten | Kritische Gesamtausgabe herausgegeben von Michael Rot
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Textbuch/Libretto Fassungen A/B/C
Item no.: 1641939
Operette in 3 Akten | Kritische Gesamtausgabe herausgegeben von Michael Rot
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Textbuch/Libretto Fassungen A/B/C
Item no.: 1641944
Operette in 3 Akten | Kritische Gesamtausgabe herausgegeben von Michael Rot
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Textbuch/Libretto Fassungen Ar/B/C
Item no.: 1641940
Operette in 3 Akten | Kritische Gesamtausgabe herausgegeben von Michael Rot
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Textbuch/Libretto Fassungen A/B
Item no.: 1641942
Operette in 3 Akten | Kritische Gesamtausgabe herausgegeben von Michael Rot
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Textbuch/Libretto Fassungen A/B/C
Item no.: 1641943
Prayer to (Your) Guardian Angel
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1642031
Operette in 3 Akten | Kritische Gesamtausgabe herausgegeben von Michael Rot
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Textbuch/Libretto Fassungen A/B/C
Item no.: 1641937
for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
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for: Choral
Item no.: 1642343
Magnificat - Nunc dimittis
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
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Item no.: 1643717
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1642549
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1642547
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1642545
Hochzeitschoral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1642551
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1642550
Domine, refugium factus es nobis
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1642548
Contemporary Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1633021
Chorversion von Präludium und Fuge 22 aus dem „Wohltemperierten Klavier“
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1637282
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1637283
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1637298
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
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Item no.: 1637299
4. Midas "Criticos artis inertes superus"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1613146
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1613341
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 1613340
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
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Item no.: 1613345
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