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as in hymn
a religious song
practiced a chorale to perform in church
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Recent Examples of chorale
But rather than juice the story with agitated music, Ruo overlays it with reverent chorales.
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An Epic Set, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2024
Audience members and members of the chorale can join together in singing selections of Handel’s Messiah, under the direction of Music Director John K. Russell and accompanied by organist Martin Green.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2023
Back and forth in the room, the chorale, then the brass, chorale and brass, chorale and brass, driving the rant.
—Martin Scorsese, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2023
The chorale hosts its sixth annual High School Honor Choir, an all-day event where about 100 high school choir students will rehearse with the master choir in a daylong workshop and then perform with the chorale in the afternoon.
—Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2022
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An Epic Set, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2024
Audience members and members of the chorale can join together in singing selections of Handel’s Messiah, under the direction of Music Director John K. Russell and accompanied by organist Martin Green.
—Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Nov. 2023
Back and forth in the room, the chorale, then the brass, chorale and brass, chorale and brass, driving the rant.
—Martin Scorsese, Rolling Stone, 17 Sep. 2023
The chorale hosts its sixth annual High School Honor Choir, an all-day event where about 100 high school choir students will rehearse with the master choir in a daylong workshop and then perform with the chorale in the afternoon.
—Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chorale
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In 1947, Ives’s Third Symphony, a stately mashup of Christian hymns, won him a Pulitzer Prize.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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No Bible readings, hymns about love and support and nature but not God.R. Eric Thomas, The Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2024
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The event, running Friday through Sunday, is hosted and organized by the Conspiracy of Beards, a San Francisco men’s choir that specializes in performing Cohen’s music.Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Macy’s Winter Wonderland in Central Park will host a special performance by Sebastián Yatra with a holiday choir comprised of Macy’s colleagues with and Bigs and Littles from Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS).Denise Petski, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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There were minor scuffles in the stands and some booed the Israeli anthem, Reuters reported.Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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The album doesn’t need the single anthems to accomplish his goal and make noise commercially as Tyler will be riding Chromakopia into another set of Grammy nominations in ‘26.Eric Renner Brown, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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There’s that earworm refrain, followed by formidably declarative verses, a powder keg of a chorus and a high-concept bridge.Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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Could anyone utter these lofty words today without courting a chorus of snickers, a social-media immolation?George Packer, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024
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According to Francisco, the composers represented no less than 30 print collections of solo songs, cantatas, motets, polyphonic works, settings for psalms and masses, a magnificat, a vespers service, a dozen sonatas, and scores for nine operas and other staged works.Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
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A little less than half these psalms are attributed to King David, about a third are anonymous, and the rest are attributed to a variety of authors.Christine Rousselle, Fox News, 29 Oct. 2023
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“Chorale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chorale. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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