choral music
Songs for voices
Choral music is music composed for a choir—a group of singers performing together, typically in multiple voice parts such as soprano, alto, tenor, and bass.
The term encompasses sacred works like masses and anthems as well as secular pieces.
The cathedral is renowned for its choral music program.
- madrigalUnaccompanied Renaissance choral composition
- church serviceOrganized Christian worship gathering
- cantataVocal work with instruments
- spiritualsEnslaved people's sacred songs
- a cappellaSinging without instruments
polyphony · oratorio · requiem · motet · Christmas carol · counterpoint · harmony · vespers · barbershop harmony · voices · raise your voice · sing in unison · blend · alto · anthem · robes · resonant · reverent
- Albanian musicpolyphony, def, tambura, traditional instruments
- performing artsacting, dance, drama, theater, theatre
- classical musicBach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Brahms
- American Singingspirituals, blues, country, gospel, barbershop
- audio artssinging, opera, jazz, blues, rap
- British MusicThe Beatles, Rolling Stones, Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd
choral musicinstrumental music
Music without vocals
orchestral music · chamber music · symphonic music · piano music · solo piano
choral musicsolo singing
One person vocalizing music
single voice · monody · art song · lieder · solo recital
choral musicpop music
Catchy, commercial song genre
rock music · spoken word · jam session · free jazz · noise music