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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
Choir score
Item no.: 203146
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 202732
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 280991
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985761
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 466119
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 630275
Why do you pester me
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1610622
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 959116
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 644060
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [piano]
Choir part Bass
Item no.: 638373
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Lyric book
Item no.: 273803
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 247476
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 111420
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 337513
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 336963
for: Women's choir (SS), organ
Score
Item no.: 334140
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 409604
for: 2 soloists (TB/SA), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 272559
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 287222
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 284201
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 281852
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 295033
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 293041
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 291120
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 279291
Version Hellmann/Glöckner
Edition published in cooperation with the Bach-Archiv Leipzig, reconstructed version (2001)
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 279225
for: Mixed choir, instruments
Score
Item no.: 278837
Cantata for the 19th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (bass), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 278102
for: Women's choir (SA) [mixed choir (SABar)], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 277553
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 276391
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 381320
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 380922
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 380894
for: Mixed choir, 3 trombones
Score
Item no.: 380448
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 237355
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 236934
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 236315
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 235849
for: 3 soloists (STBar), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 235279
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SSB), chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 234369
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 234213
for: Mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 234089
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 233718
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
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for: 4 soloists (SATB) [selected choir], mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
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for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 229111
for: Mixed choir (SABar); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 225039
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 254665
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