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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.
Marienvesper SV 206
Urtext
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 676269
Kantate zum 3. Pfingsttag
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (durchgesehene Neuauflage)
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234035
Cantata for the 11th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233972
Cantata for the Purification of Mary or 3rd day of Easter
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), oboe, violin, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 233926
Cantata for the 21st Sunday after Trinity – Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben – revised edition 2017
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233670
B minor BWV 103
Cantata for the Sunday of Jubilate
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233593
für Kinderchor und Instrumente
for: Children's choir, instruments
Single part Piano
Item no.: 659869
für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Streicher
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 638355
für gemischten Chor (SATB) und Streicher
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 638192
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 637646
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424190
Kantate zum 1. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424067
Kantate für Kinder
for: children's choir, small ensemble
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 374129
Offertorium
Schubert-Archiv
Stuttgarter Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237950
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 687408
Psalmen Davids 1619, op. 2/4 (SWV 25)
Psalm-Konzert für zwei Favorit-Chöre (SATB/SATB) und Basso continuo
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: 2 favorit choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo; 8 instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Instrumental part 1 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 685652
for: Mixed choir (SAB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1160989
Bis hin an des Kreuzes Stamm
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Single part Violin 3 [Viola]
Item no.: 229719
Mehrfaches latenisches Konzert
Komposition von Anon., durch Bruno Grusnick Schütz zugewiesen
for: Favorit choir (SSATB), orchestra; chapell choir (SATB) ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 232159
Psalm 24
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double bass, organ; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB, SSATTB) ad lib.
Single part Bassoon 2
Item no.: 232122
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 231814
aus: Psalmen Davids
Motette
for: Favorit choir (SMezT, SMezAT, AT, ATBarB), chapell choir (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231756
aus: Psalmen Davids
Motette
for: Favorit choir (SMezT, SMezAT, AT, ATBarB), chapell choir (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 231753
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Trombone 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236756
Trinitatismesse
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Trombone 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236694
16th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232797
16th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232794
Show yourselves joyful to the Lord
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Instrumental part 4 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1160812
Freischütz Mass (WeV A.2)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 771516
Operette für Kinderchor, Fl, 2 Tr, 2 Vl, Va, Vc/Cb, Synthesizer, Keyboard
for: Children's choir, orchestra
Flute (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231307
Cantata for Whit Sunday BWV 74
after the second setting by Bach
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233228
Cantata for the 10th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232968
Kantate zum 3. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 492424
Wacht! Euch zum Streit gefasset macht
for: 6 soloists (SSSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 470228
Wacht! Euch zum Streit gefasset macht
for: 6 soloists (SSSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 470191
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), Viola, harmonium [organ]
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1660333
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra; organ ad lib.
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237363
à 26 in concerto
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, organ
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237218
Kantate zum 1. Pfingsttag
Ausgabe nach der 1. Fassung; Entstehung evtl. früher, Niederschrift spätestens zu Pfingsten 1723
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233019
"Kennst Du den Prater in Wien?"
for: Male choir, piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 330632
Messe
for: Soloist (alto), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1551900
op. 1 Nr. 3
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236920
BR JCFB E 1
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234220
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [orchestra]
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 469674
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra; organ ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 237380
op. 51; Da Israel aus Ägypten zog
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: Women's choir (SSAA) [male choir (ttbb)], orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235341
Beatus vir
for: 6 soloists (SSATBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 oboes, 2 string orchestras, 2 organs
Single part(n)
Item no.: 424279
aus der Notenbibliothek von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424186
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