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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 a cappella
Score
Item no.: 187277
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 686990
for: Male choir
[deutsch, englisch, slowensich]
Item no.: 465135
für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor oder Vokalquartett a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 186541
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Sammelband (Chorpartitur)
Item no.: 188832
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 188670
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 185935
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 186375
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 476416
for: Male choir
Item no.: 183988
Schott Kammerchor
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 183712
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 180973
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 3 trombones, strings, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 180733
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Study score
Item no.: 180711
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 180632
for: Male choir
Item no.: 184105
for: Mixed choir (5 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 181764
von der Entstehung des Buches Taoteking auf dem Weg des Laotse in die Emigration
for: Male choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 554667
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 477467
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 473316
Heftausgabe
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 228711
Das Chorwerk
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 213572
Deutsches Volkslied
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 487870
Schott Choral Music
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ
Score
Item no.: 471371
Ein Popical für Kinder ab 11 Jahre und Jugendliche
Kaleidoskop
for: Children's choir, instruments
Piano score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 216275
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 224483
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 224099
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 550812
Heut' ist so ruhig der See
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 550803
Zehn Lieder gegen den Krieg
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 214636
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 550772
op. 49
for: Choir, orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 482922
Kantate für Kinder
for: children's choir, small ensemble
Score
Item no.: 205968
Festival Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 213157
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 194706
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Piano reduction
Item no.: 135478
Passio Domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Joannem
für Soli, gemischten Chor, Instrumentalquartett (Oboe, Fagott, Violine, Violoncello) und Orgel
for: Soloists, mixed choir, ensemble, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 194127
Cholera Cantata
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 194084
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 205208
for: Solo voice, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 215232
Opéra en trois actes
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 486721
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 216820
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
PART - UEBERFORMAT
Item no.: 492967
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 492924
Madrigals 5v., Book 3/ 4/ 5
Secular Vocal Works 3/ 4/ 5
Corpus Mensurabilis Musicae 100
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 223566
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 551601
Abschiedsmelodie
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 207794
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