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Sing-alongs are encouraged, so dig up that old score from your own chorale days.
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The chorale was founded in 1972 as an extension of the Harlem Renaissance ideal.
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Chorale members range in age from 16 to 80 and many sing in local church choirs.
From the post-gazette.com
The issue of straight-tone singing presented more of a problem for the chorale.
From the kentucky.com
At one point, the chorale steps down to form a semi-circle around the audience.
From the ocregister.com
The Choristers and the chorale will sing at least one number together Saturday.
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Since my first symphony, a sort of chorale has been wandering around within me.
From the morningstaronline.co.uk
The chorale performs it for the first time and stays true to the complex piece.
From the latimes.com
A chorale of soothing male singers answers Mr. Dylan's croaking in the verses.
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- A stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
- A chorale was originally a hymn sung by a Christian congregation. In casual modern usage, this term also includes classical settings of such hymns and works of a similar character.
- Hymn-like song, characterized by blocked chords.
- A Protestant hymn tune intended for congregational use.
- A Lutheran hymn for congregational singing, such as those created by Martin Luther and his followers at the outset of the Protestant Reformation. Chorale melodies adapted from plainchant were given decisive rhythms so untrained singers could sing them more easily. ...
- German for hymn; also used for a four-part harmonization of a German hymn.
- [not choral]: Hymns of the Lutheran church originated in the Renaissance. As most Catholic Church music in the 16th century was an outgrowth of plainsong, so much Lutheran church music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was an outgrowth of the chorale. Most Bach cantatas use a chorale tune.
- A type of metrical hymn tune from the Lutheran church, often reharmonised for use in Cantatas and Oratorios by such composers as Bach
- A hymn of the Lutheran church, usually written for four voice harmony. Many chorales were written by J. S. Bach, which serve as a basis for the rules of partwriting. The melody is usually in the top voice, with supporting harmony in the lower voices.
