6.+Choral+Music

Choral music refers to music which is sung by a choir. Each musical part is sung by two or more voices. The size of a choir varies, it can be as little 10 singers or as large as you possibly want.

Beethoven’s most well known choral work is the //Missa solemnis//, which was made for the enthronement of his pupil Archduke Rudolph. An earlier work, the oratorio //Christ on the Mount of Olives//, is less known but was still very popular in its time. Along with the other composers, Beethoven wrote a number of choral songs. Of these the best is most likely the cycle of six songs known as //An die ferne Geliebte// (‘To the Distant Beloved’).

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 * Ludwig van Beethoven by Campbell Giddens **