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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.
O Isis, und Osiris
aus der Oper "Die Zauberflöte"
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Piano reduction (pdf download)
Item no.: 2073
Canon three in one
aus: "Psalmody Or A Collection Of Psalm Tunes"
for: Mixed choir (SAB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 5209
aus: Musicalischer Freuden- vnd Andachtswecker
Nürnberg, 1630
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 5482
Weihnachtslied
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 4781
aus: "Vier Tantum ergo" (1. Fassung 1846)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 3055
Jerusalem, op. 13 Nr. 3
(nach dem Menuett II aus der Partita Nr. 1 von J. S. Bach)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3973
aus "Neue Lieder gantz lieblich zu singen" (Königsberg, 1589)
for: Mixed choir (SSAB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1570
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1465
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano [organ]
Score
Item no.: 5411
op. 48, Nr. 5
eingerichtet für Männerchor
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3280
aus: Teutsche Lieder mit dreyen Stimmen
München, 1583
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6063
aus: "Three Christmas Carols"
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 4740
aus "Trium vocum cantiones centum ..." (München 1541)
Ausgabe für hohe Stimmen
for: Women's choir (SAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3309
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 583708
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 472118
Traditional American
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4580
Apalachian Traditional
for Mixed Choir and Piano or Organ ad lib.
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano [organ] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 2420
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 388068
op. 41, Nr. 3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2510
Hymnus de virginibus
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 2832
Offertorium
Psalm 54, 2-3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3369
Spiritual für Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 3454
Spiritual
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5398
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1378
Song for Female Choir
for: Women's choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 4645
aus: Newe kurtzweilige Teutsche Liedtlein Zu dreyen Stimmen Welche gantz Lieblich zu singen vnd auff Instrumenten Zugebrauchen
Helmstedt, 1587
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5726
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4215
aus "The First Booke of Ballets", Londen 1595
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1461
Improperium
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4054
op. 41, Nr. 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3434
nach einem Chanson von Jacob Arcadelt
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1195
Christmas Carol
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 2303
aus "Musicalisch Kurtzweil"
(Nürnberg, 1611)
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 2360
Volkslied, WoO 33, Nr. 44
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1338
Das Singspiel
for: Children's choir, Orff instruments
Item no.: 328222
Weihnachtslied für Chor (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 556480
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 370080
aus: Teutsche Lieder mit dreyen Stimmen
München, 1583
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6064
für Männerchor
for: Male choir (TTBarBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3935
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2961
aus "Hauß-Music, Dritter Teil Geistlicher Gesäng ..."
Nürnberg, 1628
for: Mixed choir (SSB) [3 soloists] a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3019
aus "Musae Sioniae" (1607)
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Sheet music
Item no.: 1430
aus "Lustgarten neuer teutscher Gesäng" (Nürnberg, 1601)
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1476
Nunc dimittis
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo [organ]
Score, continuo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 6131
Irische Volksmelodie
op. 60, Nr. 3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4622
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1436
aus: "Psalteriolum harmonicum"
Köln, 1642
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 4218
für zwei Stimmen und Generalbass ad lib.
aus: Musae Sioniae, 9. Teil
for: Women's choir (SA) [2 solo voices]; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 2791
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