Chorale
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A chorale is the name of several related musical forms originating in the music genre of the Lutheran chorale:Hymn tune of a Lutheran hymn, or a tune in a similar format
Such tune with a harmonic accompaniment
Such a tune presented in a homophonic or homorhythmic harmonisation, usually four-part harmony
A more complex setting of a hymn(-like) tune
Bach's four-part chorale setting of "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden" as it appears in St Matthew Passion.
Busoni's pictorial representation of the architecture of his Fantasia contrappuntistica composition: chorales appear symmetrically in Nos. 1 and 11
"Préface" (preface) and "Choral inappétissant" (unsavoury chorale), first page of Satie's autograph of Sports et divertissements (dated 15 May 1914)
Choir
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A choir is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words is the music performed by the ensemble. Choirs may perform music from the classical music repertoire, which spans from the medieval era to the present, or popular music repertoire. Most choirs are led by a conductor, who leads the performances with arm, hand, and facial gestures.
Evensong rehearsal by Blue Coat CE School Choir, Coventry, in the quire of York Minster, showing carved choirstalls
Egyptian Alexandria Jewish choir of Rabbin Moshe Cohen at Samuel Menashe synagogue, Alexandria, Egypt
The boychoir Cantores Minores in the Helsinki Cathedral in 2013
Lambrook School choir in the 1960s, a typical boys' school choir of the time