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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.
"Frühling kommt angezogen" - Idylleop. 52
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Partitur
Item no.: 1112001
Traditionelle Bearbeitung für gemischten Chor und Orgel (Streicher und Hörner ad lib.)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ; 2 horns, strings ad lib.
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 215496
Down there on that Plain
French Traditional
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 669205
Sonnet no. 15 for mixed chorus, clarinet and piano
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Single part Clarinet
Item no.: 665290
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 865735
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 865648
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 865640
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 886390
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 628274
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 628165
Folk
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 628163
Tudor Church Music
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 890117
for: Choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889968
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 889182
Hardback
for: Choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 471595
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920547
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920506
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
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Oxford Choral Songs
for: Choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 920256
for: Choir
Choir score
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Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
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Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Choir score
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for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 892585
Paperback
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891679
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891112
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 908743
Urtext Stuttgarter Schubert-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237920
Der Satz, vermutlich im September 1812 komponiert, stellt eine der frühesten Meßvertonungen Schuberts dar.
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 237872
MH 827
Einzelstimme Va.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237769
MH 827
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237767
Verwendung auch in der Adventszeit möglich Messe ohne Gloria
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 237732
für Soli, Chor und Orchester
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237721
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 237704
"Misericordias Domini"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [soloists satb], organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237681
op. 169
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [strings, organ]
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237628
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 237440
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra; organ ad lib.
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 237358
Antiphon
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 278844
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 277271
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
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A-Dur
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 332134
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