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chorale

harmonized hymn; a chorus or choir
Not to be confused with:choral – sung by or adapted for a chorus or choircoral – hard, rocklike structures formed by marine coelenterates; yellowish redcorral – an enclosure for livestock

cho·rale

also cho·ral C0325600 (kə-răl′, -räl′)n.1. A Protestant hymn melody.2. A harmonized arrangement of such a melody, especially one forming part of a larger choral or organ work.3. A chorus or choir.

[German, short for Choralgesang, choral song, translation of Medieval Latin cantus chorālis; see choral.]

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n1. (Classical Music) a slow stately hymn tune, esp of the Lutheran Church2. (Music, other) chiefly US a choir or chorus[C19: from German Choralgesang, translation of Latin cantus chorālis choral song]

cho•rale

(kəˈræl, -ˈrɑl)

n. 1. a hymn, esp. one with strong harmonization: a Bach chorale. 2. a group of singers specializing in singing church music; choir. [1835–45; < German Choral, short for Choralgesang, translation of Latin cantus chorālis choral singing; see choral]

chorale

A stately hymn, especially of the Lutheran Church.

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chorale - a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tunechoralhymn, anthem - a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

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chorale

(kōrăl`, –räl`), any of the traditional hymns of the German Protestant Church. The form was developed after the Reformation to replace the plainsongplainsong
or plainchant,
the unharmonized chant of the medieval Christian liturgies in Europe and the Middle East; usually synonymous with Gregorian chant, the liturgical music of the Roman Catholic Church.
..... Click the link for more information. of the earlier service and as a means of congregational participation in the liturgy. Early chorales were mainly translations of Latin hymns set to folksong melodies. The chorale is strophic, written in simple language, and has a simple melody, but its phrasing and metrical structure are less regular than those of the English hymn. J. S. Bach reworked nearly 400 existing chorales and composed 30 new ones.

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, choral1. a slow stately hymn tune, esp of the Lutheran Church 2. Chiefly US a choir or chorus

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noun a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune

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