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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.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, cello
Score
Item no.: 1023514
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 795967
Weihnachtslied für Chor (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1663947
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3528
Scala enigmatica armonizzata a 4 voci miste dai "Quattro Pezzi Sacri"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1160
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 642066
Weihnachtliche Kantate für drei gleiche Stimmen, Solosopran und Instrumente
for: Solo voice (soprano), women's choir (SSA) [male choir (TTB)], instruments
Set of parts
Item no.: 680135
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Score
Item no.: 855312
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1342684
Navidad en Latinoamérica 1
for: Women's choir (SSA/SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1015478
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1078368
aus "Musae sioniae"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2255
Oratorio de Noel pour choeur (satb) et piano
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 623165
Weihnachtliche Motette für dreistimmigen gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 291070
for: Male choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 312587
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 189336
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 476422
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 477428
Weihnachtsoratorium in zwei Teilen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 635702
für 6 Stimmen - SSAATTB
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 633612
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 680076
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 479451
pour choeur mixte a cappella (lat)
4 motets pour le temps de noel no.1
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 107218
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 147575
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 151779
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 159920
for: Male choir; organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 336846
Das Oratorium zur Weihnacht mit Folksongs, Spirituals und Rezitativen nach dem Lukas-Evangelium
Erweiterte Oratoriums-Ausgabe
for: Soloist (boy), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 578525
Jauchzet, ihr Himmel! Erfreue dich, Erde!
Michaelsteiner Musik-Archiv 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 606244
Krippenspiele, Weihnachtsmusicals und weihnachtliche Anspiele zu biblischen Geschichten
für Gemeinde und Schule
for: Children's choir, instruments
Book, CD-ROM
Item no.: 602893
für einstimmigen Kinderchor und Blockflötenquartett (SATB)
Set (Partitur, 10 Chorpartituren und 4 Spielpartituren)
for: Children's choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 492405
Magnificat
for: Mixed choir, percussion
Score
Item no.: 456358
in Nativitate Domini in nocte
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1664364
Orgelfassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 281935
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1023505
Musik Aus Ostbayern 52
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 363759
Weihnachtskantate für zweistimmigen Kinderchor, Kammerorchester und Klavier (Orgel)
for: Children's choir (2 voices), Chamber orchestra, piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 342224
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 610401
Weihnachtskantate für gemischten Chor, Oberchor (Soloterzett) und Streicher
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 292072
Ein Weihnachtsmusical
für Soli, Darsteller, Chor und Instrumente
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Piano score
Item no.: 681624
für Sprecher, Kinderchor und Fiedelorchester
Das zauberhafte Fiedelorchester 12
for: Children's choir, narrator, chamber orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 672341
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 229786
aus: Christus-Oratorium
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Score
Item no.: 423059
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 491173
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 213762
Pop-Messe
for: Soloist, mixed choir (SAM), piano [combo]
Score
Item no.: 766993
Krippenspiel für Soli, Kinderchor und Klavier
Chorstimme mit Texten
for: Children's choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 655292
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), percussion
Score
Item no.: 656882
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