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The goal of the first choral singing, be it early rhythmic intonations or Gregorian chant, was to take a mystical or spiritual moment and infuse it with song. Although originally linked mainly with religion, choral singing soon began to filter into many other cultural spheres, for example in the very popular plays of ancient Greece.
Amazingly, polyphony has been around since as early as the 9th century. It began with simple two-part compositions, the first part, the "vox principalis", was a Gregorian chant, and the second part, the "vox organalis" moved in parallel fifths or fourths. This strict system slowly relaxed over the centuries, and gradually the third and fourth voices were added, and musical forms like Motets, Masses and Madrigals began to emerge. This polyphonic development led to the birth of the Renaissance Period, and the boundaries of polyphony continued to be pushed and stretched through the Baroque Period.
With the beginning of the Baroque Period, the predominance of pure a cappella unaccompanied choral singing began to make way for instrumental choral music. Forms such as Opera, Oratorio and cantatas thrived, and have lost none of their expressive power to this day. In the 19th century the choir became part of the highest form of instrumental music, the Choral Symphony.
Today, there are very few musical disciplines which do not feature the choir in some shape or form. The choir is invaluable for Spirituals & Gospel and often features in Film Music. The choir also plays a pivotal role in the theatre, in Opera, Operetta, Musicals and straight plays. The choir can provide solace in a Requiem, or help expresses joy at a Wedding or a Baptism.
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964681
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 322828
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 885751
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 662612
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 429276
Hob. XXI:3
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 697311
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 318177
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 882864
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 168012
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 696337
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 296856
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 486704
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 772236
for: Women's choir (SSAA), string quartet, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 682189
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285560
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 143373
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 677101
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 774391
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 260596
"Christ lag in Todes Banden"
Cantata for Easter Sunday
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for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1703391
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 606230
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 471515
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 447136
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 497387
URTEXT Neuausgabe nach den Quellen
deutsch / englisch (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 608628
for mixed chorus (SATB) a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1668015
Nr. 2 aus: Four Songs at Year's End
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1677306
Cantata for funeral service / Purification of Mary.
Reconstruction Klaus Hofmann
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1671981
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Item no.: 550827
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105378
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982861
for SATB Voices and Keyboard Accompaniment
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1677374
Shawnee Press
for: Mixed choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343052
für Frauenchor
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 679825
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet), piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1087177
Klassik
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1105420
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1610915
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964739
für gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella, Instrumentalbegleitung (Band/Gitarre/Klavier) ad lib.
for: Mixed choir (SATB); instruments ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1549933
A Cantata-Musical for Unison Voices and Piano
with guitar chords
english text
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1667421
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1660708
Klassik
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1101560
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 371931
für sechs Stimmen (gemischter Chor) a cappella
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 665672
Serenade in three parts
2nd version
Halle Handel Edition. Series I, Volume 9.2
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 634561
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1343066
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 914809
10 Vocal Parts/Gesangspartituren
Pop Choir Classics
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
10 Choir scores
Item no.: 1215764
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