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Learn about choral music, vocal music with two or more voices per part, and its long history in European church music. Explore the different types, styles, and composers of choral music, from medieval polyphony to modern choral symphonies.
- Vivaldi: Gloria (1715) Baroque great Vivaldi’s popular setting of the hymn, ‘Gloria in excelsis Deo’ is joyous and magnificent, as much of a pick-me-up as any choral gem.
- Bach: St Matthew Passion (1727) You can’t have a playlist of choral music without Bach. It would just be preposterous. Listen to every single choral piece he ever wrote right now, but also the St Matthew Passion is picked out for sublime moments like the aria ‘Erbarme dich, mein Gott,’ which seems to literally tear your heart apart, and the stirring opening chorus ‘Kommt, ihr Töchter’.
- Pergolesi: Stabat Mater (1736) Italian Baroque composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater is quite simply one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written.
- Handel: Messiah (1741) Handel composed his enduringly popular English-language oratorio in 1741 and it contains the crowd-pleasing ‘Hallelujah Chorus’.
Nov 7, 2020 · Here you will find free choral/vocal scores, texts, translations, and other useful information. CPDL currently hosts free scores of at least 49464 choral and vocal works by at least 5087 composers.
Apr 26, 2024 · Choral music, a cornerstone of classical music, intricately weaves together the voices of singers in rich harmonies that evoke deep emotions and timeless beauty.
Find choral notes for various genres, voice types and difficulty levels on Musicnotes.com. Preview, listen and purchase digital choral sheet music for SATB, A Cappella, 2-Part and more.
