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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.
für Soli, Chor und Orchester,
Vervollständigung bearbeitet von Franz Xaver Süßmayr
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 223739
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 170659
für vierstimmigen Frauenchor mit Klavierbegleitung (ad libitum)
op. 44 - Partitur
for: Women's choir; piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 170521
for: Mixed choir (4 voices) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 157983
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 157861
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 156837
"Symphonie der Tausend"
Ausgabe für alle Chöre
for: Solists, boys’ choir, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 149521
"Kommt Kunst gegangen vor ein Haus"
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 149515
"Ha, welch ein ewiges Laufen und Rennen"
Opernchor-Bibliothek - Berühmte Opernchöre
for: Mixed choir, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 154693
exempla nova 334
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 160483
aus "Quatre motets" über gregorianische Gesänge für Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 162513
Schott Kammerchor
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 183712
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 195785
Pärts musikalische Interpretation der Seligpreisungen aus der Bergpredigt
lateinische Fassung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 195109
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
für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor oder Vokalquartett a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 186541
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 185935
Chorerzählung nach Worten des Alten Testaments
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB), organ
Score
Item no.: 177723
Oper in 4 Bildern
Musik unserer Zeit
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 166053
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 3 trombones, strings, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 180733
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 180690
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 180632
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 174747
Just the kind of book choirs are looking for
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 174535
"Was sich den ganzen Tag so tut"
Möseler Chorreihe
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 277121
aus der Oper "Zar u. Zimmermann" für gem Chor, Bsolo, Orch (Klav)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 276853
Walzer, für gem. Chor, Orchester oder Klavier.
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 276851
"Herr Mozart war ein toller Kerl"
for: Children's choir [women's choir (SSAA)] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 128600
Selva morale e spirituale I
Monteverdi Gesamtausgabe
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 124515
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 122488
3. Angst vorm Schwimmunterricht: "Vorher denk ich immer"
for: Children's choir (SSMezA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202418
Nr. 6 aus: Sieben Hölderlin-Chöre GeWV 40
Schott Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204923
(englisches Volkslied)
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 204676
2. Nun sich der Tag geendetop. 93
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204521
Second Movement
Teil 2
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 198651
(Urtext)
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196757
"Harmony Mass"
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196674
"Little Organ Mass"
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196672
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 196476
Volkslied aus Dalmatien
für gem Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204375
5. Echo "Imitari melicos docta modos"
Schott Chormusik
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204319
3. Ein Jäger längs dem Weiher ging (Rheinland)
for: Soloist (baritone), male choir (TTBB)
Chorstimme
Item no.: 204271
1. Früh noch am Tage
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204197
"Lanzknecht"-Ständchen
Schott Chormusik
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203548
"Nun steht Onkel Sam noch an der Spitze der Welt"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203494
"Bescheiden verborgen"op. 11/2
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 203467
4. Feiertag in Dixieland "Heut ist ein Fest"
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 203410
UMPC Critical Editions
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 203075
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