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  1. Choral music, music sung by a choir with two or more voices assigned to each part. Choral music is necessarily polyphonal—i.e., consisting of two or more autonomous vocal lines. It has a long history in European church music. Choral music ranks as one of several musical genres subject to.

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  2. Dec 17, 2014 · The earliest known practical example of polyphonic music - a piece of choral music written for more than one part - has been found in a British Library manuscript in London.

  3. Oct 21, 2021 · The motet represents one of the earliest forms of polyphonic choral composition in Western music. From the Medieval motet of the Middle Ages to avant-garde contemporary motets, the form has been a hallmark of classical music.

  4. The first great achievements of polyphonic vocal writing, such as the organa quadrupla by Perotin and the motets of the 1 3th and 14th centuries, are often regarded as choral music to be sung by the church choir1. This opinion, however popular it may be, is quite at variance with the facts.

  5. Nov 16, 2020 · Joseph Jordania has outlined nine different types of polyphonic singing in his book Choral singing in human evolution. I will be working through each type trying to give a simplified explanation and some musical examples.

  6. Nov 9, 2020 · Joseph Jordania has outlined nine different types of polyphonic singing in his book Choral singing in human evolution. I will be working through each type trying to give a simplified explanation and some musical examples.

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  8. Jun 5, 2017 · During the latter part of the medieval period, a style of vocal music called organum evolved out of Gregorian chant. With multiple, independent parts, this was arguably the first example of polyphonic vocal music in Europe, laying the groundwork for the choral music of the Renaissance era.

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