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Saturday 22 December 2012

Church Choral Music Is The Style That Is Used For A Designated Group Of Singers

By Dena G. Cody


A group of singers who perform together are capable of producing church choir music which often takes place in theaters, concert halls and churches. There are other titles that are occasionally used to identify these groups of singers such as the term choir that is often applied to groups of singers that are associated with a church where most of their performances take place. Another title that is used quite commonly is the term chorus, which generally is applied to a group that performs in other venues outside churches.

The church choir music that is used by these specific groups is composed and arranged in special ways using details to fit these groups performances. First, let me clarify that a choir additionally can represent an ensemble of voices or musical instruments. A piece of music can be written in a poly-choral composition which represents a style where performers of an ensemble can be divided up to perform individually, alternately or together. The arrangement of this type of music involves distinct choirs of instruments or voices in a single work that can be set to perform variously in opposition or combination.

Choral music most often is intended to use more than one singer per part, which is different from a quartet of soloists that could be part of an ensemble that may also be featured in works of this type. This type of musical arrangements are written by some very talented composers and arrangers who put together some very beautifully sounding composition featuring assorted blends and mixtures of music that are enjoyed by listeners.

Composers in Europe wrote church choir music which was intended to be sung by four different but equally important voices; the soprano, alto, tenor and bass. These same individual voices can also be applied to instrumental choirs such as a saxophone choir that would consist of the soprano saxophone, alto sax, tenor saxophone and bass sax. The Latin Mass was written in choral format during the Renaissance period which became one of the most important musical styles for that era.

Some of the other assorted types of choral music include a Capella, oratorio, cantata and motet that each identify different forms. When a singer performs without musical accompaniment it is identified as a Capella which means in the manner of the chapel. A choral or vocal composition that employs a political or religious lyric is known as an anthem. Another style is Cantata, which means to sing using the Italian language. This type was originally used to refer to musical pieces that were intended for singing. The type of music that is referred to as oratorio applied to compositions with narrative text that is established on biblical stories or scripture.




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