[
US
/ˈkɔɹəɫ/
]
ADJECTIVE
-
related to or written for or performed by a chorus or choir
choral composition
choral ensemble
NOUN
- a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
How To Use choral In A Sentence
- Melancholic melody, harmony, subtle dissonance, throat vibrato and asymmetric rhythms make up their choral, ‘a cappella’ style.
- Brahms finished off his sacred choral music with the Op. 110 motets, another trilogy.
- As a boy chorister in his Czech-Moravian homeland, Janácek 1854-1928 learned early the potential of choral writing. Janácek: Choral Works – review
- My wife has joined a choir and become obsessed with choral singing. Times, Sunday Times
- Being raised in a Lutheran tradition, my vocal writing is largely chorale style homophony contrasting with traditional contrapuntal textures.
- Is it any wonder that the stereotype of choral singers is that we have less musical skill than instrumentalists?
- Eighty cathedral and choral foundation choirs have agreed to sing at least two of the anthems each in a year-long celebration of services. Times, Sunday Times
- In Britain many were based on parish churches or, especially, Nonconformist chapels; the celebrated Huddersfield Choral Society was founded in 1836.
- It is so often the case that choral concerts tend to be rather bitty, a less than carefully thought out selection of items from a choral society's current repertoire.
- In music, composition students sat a preliminary examination consisting of a fugue and a short choral piece.