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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: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747965
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 761143
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 761223
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209073
2. Tageslied "Wenn durch die Nebelfrühe"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 742622
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 755720
Motette (Sonderdruck aus dem Antiqua-Chorbuch I/2)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751723
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209076
Str. 5: Köln 1574; Mel.: Frankfurt/Main 1569 (Tod und Ewigkeit)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 744555
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760508
Text trad. (1648) / Melodie trad. (1648)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756141
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756133
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756121
aus op. 5; Mel.: Frankfurt/Main 1557 (Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753398
(Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753396
Mel.: 15. Jahrhundert; geistlich Erfurt 1524 (Epiphanias)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753378
(Original 1 Ganzton höher) (Tod und Ewigkeit)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 737824
Mel.: bei Bartholomäus Gesius 1601
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 737818
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730714
Mel.: Böhmische Brüder 1661 (Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
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Item no.: 730062
(Passion)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730044
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 742329
"Die müden Schläfer weckt keine Klage" / "Heimgegangen bist du"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 742634
"Ich will euch nicht betrügen"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 737986
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 722974
Halleluja-Ruf: GL 174,3 (Lukas 3,4,6)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 734124
for: Women's choir a cappella
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Item no.: 760852
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 732640
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 1650914
3. Erntereigen "Wir bringen mit Gesang und Tanz"
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 742611
Kanon zu 3 Stimmen
for: Women's choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 725844
(Germany)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 726413
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732623
for: Women's choir (SMezA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 755736
Anonymus (aus Polen)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 741347
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
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Item no.: 761221
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 740056
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 1209075
3. Guten Tag! - Dober danek tomu domu
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751722
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 761201
(Brazil)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
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Item no.: 726425
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
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Item no.: 726288
Frankfurt/M. 1659
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
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Item no.: 725391
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 747685
aus op. 5; Mel.: Hohenfut 1410, Erfurt 1524 (Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 744553
(Pfingsten)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 736010
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733557
(Passion)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730078
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