adjective
definition
Of, relating to, written for, or performed by a choir or a chorus.
example
Palestrina wrote choral music for the Catholic church.
Examples of choral in a Sentence
Choral writing itself has become different from what it was in the 16th century.
Choral singing is a popular amusement, and is accompanied by the Spanish guitar and native wind-instruments.
The elaborate choral writing sometimes rises to almost Hellenic regions of dramatic art; and there is no crudeness in the passages that carry on the story quietly in reaction from the climaxes - a test far too severe for Tannhauser and rather severe for even the mature works of Gluck and Weber.
An annual musical festival is held here under the auspices of the Converse College Choral Society.
Kelly, a natural talent, learned the specifics of choral singing very quickly.
It sings Sunday morning services every week and full choral evensong on all but the second Sunday of the month.
They were bound to the choral celebration of the divine office, and in its general tenor their manner of life differed little from that of monks.
To create a much fuller sound I then layered in the voices of four professional singers - experts in performing 16th century choral music.
The Oxford Harmonic Society is a mixed voice choral society, based in Oxford, England with about 150 members.
Second section of CD inludes contains performance of all choral parts without the tenor choral part.
Choral boarding places of 16% fee are awarded to cathedral / choir school choristers.
His last choral composition which can be dated with any certainty was the Mass in C minor, written in 1802 for the name-day of Princess Esterhazy.
His musical duties are usually performed by the "succentor," one of the vicars choral.
They carry still further the tendencies that differentiate the friars from the monks; and in particular, in order to be more free in devoting themselves to their special works, the orders of regular clerks have commonly given up the choral celebration of the canonical office, which had been maintained by the friars.
Stesichorus completed the form of the choral ode by adding the epode to the strophe and antistrophe; and "you do not even know Stesichorus's three" passed into a proverbial expression for unpardonable ignorance (unless the words simply mean, "you do not even know three lines, or poems, of Stesichorus").
Brahms's Deutsches requiem has nothing to do with the Mass for the dead, being simply a large choral work on a text compiled from the Bible by the composer.
During this period he acted as conductor at court concerts and on special occasions at the theatre, gave lessons to a number of pianists, wrote articles of permanent value on certain works of Berlioz and the early operas of Wagner, and produced those orchestral and choral pieces upon which his reputation as a composer mainly depends.
In much of Liszt's vocal music, particularly in the songs and choral pieces written to German words, an annoying discrepancy is felt to exist between the true sound of the words and the musical accents.
In Ireland the Culdees of Armagh endured until the dissolution in 1541, and enjoyed a fleeting resurrection in 1627, soon after which their ancient property passed to the vicars choral of the cathedral.
I sing alto in a local choral society where we are currently learning Mozart's Requiem.
He studied bassoon and choral and orchestral conducting, and began his career as teacher and conductor.
Louth Choral Society, Lincolnshire A Friendly 80 voice mixed choir which enjoys performing a wide range of music.
In addition to the usual church repertoire Neil has accompanied many large scale choral works to great acclaim.
Sebastian is a composer in his own right, having produced numerous settings for the Mass as well as other choral and organ music.
The choir performs major choral works twice a year under conductor Stephen Rhys, MBE.
With a marriage of voice and symphony unlike any other, most critics consider this work the apex of sacred choral and orchestral music.
The result is both intimate and powerfully atmospheric, shedding new and memorable light on what usually comes across as a massive choral spectacular.
Morning service on the day of the opening at 11.00 am was fully choral.
Our reason for fighting jet lag was that the vicars choral were to sing this anthem this day.
The musicians had given a concert and were performing a choral concert on 2nd May in Charlton Church.
A Graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music, Susan divides her time between being a music educator and a choral conductor.
Ruth Holton read music at Clare College, Cambridge, where she was a choral exhibitioner.
Masks were only used briefly during a choral ode in which the women all chanted ' let loose the birds of war ' .
Another of the local choral pioneers was Morgan Morgans who founded a choir which as early as 1864 was performing oratorios locally.
A flourishing Musical Society organizes choral, orchestral and chamber concerts, as well as instrumental recitals throughout the year.
Over the years the society has performed virtually all the works in the standard choral repertoire.
I believe that the vision behind it has been vindicated triumphantly and the commissions have inspired some excellent additions to the choral repertory.
The first method produces what is known as the solo responsory, while the second results in the choral responsory.
There are also four choral scholars -- one per part -- who are studying music to a professional standard.
There is a song on the album called " Jesus ' Blood, " which is kind of a choral worship song on the album called " Jesus ' Blood, " which is kind of a choral worship song.
There is a song on the album called " Jesus ' Blood, " which is kind of a choral worship song.
In no other period of musical history have composers so brilliantly captured such glorious choral sonority and musical color as in the Spanish Renaissance.
Various sorts of texts are suitable for choral speaking.
A £ 100 annual honorarium for Choral Exhibitioners Dinners, feasts, and generously subsidized formal dinners after rehearsals and services.
Although his output was largely symphonic and orchestral, his religious upbringing played a significant role in influencing his choral compositions.
Wells Cathedral has maintained a choral tradition virtually unbroken for over 800 years.
Responsive, well-drilled choral singing exemplified these virtues, impressively agile for the numbers involved.
Mabillon never allowed his studies to interfere with his life as a monk; he was noted for his regular attendance at the choral recitation of the office and the other duties of the monastic life, and for his deep personal religion, as well as for a special charm of character.
The municipality furthered Wagner's scheme in every way, and in May 1872 the foundation stone of the Festspielhaus was laid, the event being commemorated by a notable performance of Beethoven's Choral Symphony in the old opera-house.
Vicars ' Court is an open quadrangle of Georgian houses built for the vicars choral.