CHOIR GAMES, WORLD
Categories: Music, Entertainment, Culture & Art, Religion& European Countries and the EU
Location: Latvia
Type of Event: Weekly Event
Updated: June 27, 2024
Location: Latvia
Type of Event: Weekly Event
Updated: June 27, 2024
About the World Choir Games
The World Choir Games occur each year in July and are sponsored by Interkultur. For two weeks, choirs from around the world compete to find out who is the best in the world.
HISTORY OF CHOIRS
Choir simple means a musical ensemble of singers. Choir music has existed since the 2nd Century BC and originated in Greece. At the time it simply meant group singing. During the Middle Ages, rather than having a single melody, choirs began to experiment with multiple melodies and later isorhythmic motets and later during the Renaissance, the addition of a cappella. During the Baroque period, solos were added and Opera further refined this genre of music. It was in Venice, Italy during the mid 1500s that orchestration, vocal concertato, was added to the choral mix.
Choirs were intimate, small and nothing like we see today with dozens of people and full orchestration. they performed either in churches or private setting (chambers, ergo ‘chamber music’). The first major choral operatic piece that resembles today’s choir traditions was composer George Handel’s Messiah, first performed in 1741.
Today choir music can be found in popular music as well as churches, films and public performances. The best known professional choirs in the world include the Mormon Tabernacle Choir from Utah and The Vienna Boys Choir from Austria.
HISTORY OF CHOIRS
Choir simple means a musical ensemble of singers. Choir music has existed since the 2nd Century BC and originated in Greece. At the time it simply meant group singing. During the Middle Ages, rather than having a single melody, choirs began to experiment with multiple melodies and later isorhythmic motets and later during the Renaissance, the addition of a cappella. During the Baroque period, solos were added and Opera further refined this genre of music. It was in Venice, Italy during the mid 1500s that orchestration, vocal concertato, was added to the choral mix.
Choirs were intimate, small and nothing like we see today with dozens of people and full orchestration. they performed either in churches or private setting (chambers, ergo ‘chamber music’). The first major choral operatic piece that resembles today’s choir traditions was composer George Handel’s Messiah, first performed in 1741.
Today choir music can be found in popular music as well as churches, films and public performances. The best known professional choirs in the world include the Mormon Tabernacle Choir from Utah and The Vienna Boys Choir from Austria.
PROMOTIONAL DETAILS
Event Sponsor:
INTERKULTUR
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World Choir Games Brochure
European Choir Games 2015 Brochure
International Choir Festival Directory
