choral societies
Amateur vocal ensembles
Choral societies are organized groups of singers who come together to perform choral music, typically as amateurs.
They emerged in the 18th and 19th centuries as community institutions, often tackling large-scale works like oratorios and cantatas: The local choral society performs Handel's Messiah every December.
Members usually audition or pay dues, rehearsing regularly under a conductor.
- oratorioUnstaged sacred choral work
- concert hallVenue for orchestral performances
- Christmas concertYuletide musical performance
- four-part harmonyMusic for four voices
- voice partsDistinct melodic lines sung
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- Victorian organizationsfraternal orders, lodges, Freemasons, cooperatives, Salvation Army
- hymnsAmazing Grace, Old Rugged Cross, Morning Has Broken, hymn, hymnal
- Catalan Literatureliterary revival
- English Choralanthems, motets, evensong, canticles, Magnificat
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Large instrumental ensembles
brass bands · chamber orchestras · wind bands · string quartets · jazz bands
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Ensembles performing sung drama
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