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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
The blend of voices and the unified commitment is one of the hallmarks of the chorale.
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Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
But rather than juice the story with agitated music, Ruo overlays it with reverent chorales.
—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
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Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 1 Mar. 2024
But rather than juice the story with agitated music, Ruo overlays it with reverent chorales.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chorale
Noun
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In a Christian context, hymns are written to honor God.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
20 Jan. 2025
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Anyone interested in performing hymns with Frost and the Village Community Chorale should contact the church music ministries coordinator, Twyla Arant, at twylaa@villagechurch.org.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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At age twelve—in an era before participation trophies—my classmates and I were forced to audition for the new school choir.—
Oskar Oprey,
Artforum,
28 Jan. 2025
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In among all these itinerant jobs, Robert meets Gladys (Felicity Jones), a young woman who sings in the church choir and becomes the incandescent center of his life.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Jan. 2025
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Then, LeVox's Flatts bandmates, Joe Don Rooney and Jay DeMarcus harmonize on the country-pop anthem.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
31 Jan. 2025
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In The Secret Public, music journalist Jon Savage gives readers a nearly comprehensive history of popular music and gay culture in the U.S. and the U.K. in the years between the rise of rock ’n’ roll and the death of disco—including the (very gay) origins of Trump’s new anthem.—
Blake Smith,
airmail.news,
25 Jan. 2025
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The Herald spoke to 16 buyers — many did not want their names published, fearing retaliation by Cox — and examined lawsuits, mortgages, purchase agreements, property records and Miami building department reports, which substantiated buyers’ chorus of complaints.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
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In terms of the performance, the descending part at the end of the chorus is memorable.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
25 Jan. 2025
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He is known as the patron saint of bookbinders and wrote an illustrative book of psalms while at the monastery of St. Finnian, according to Discovering Ireland.—
Joyce Orlando,
The Tennessean,
15 Mar. 2024
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Inside the nave, choirs sang psalms, and the cathedral’s mighty organ thundered back to life in a triumphant interplay of melodies.—
Thomas Adamson and John Leicester,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Dec. 2024
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“Chorale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chorale. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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