Examples of chorale in a Sentence
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
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
With heartfelt solemnity and spoken thanks from the stage, the quartet gave its audience an encore from a transcription of Bach’s final chorale.
—Jeremy Yudkin, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Sep. 2023
Ultimately, after all the nervous activity, the concerto seems to strive for the calm chorale that gradually surfaces in the finale.
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023
Along the way, solo singers and chorus reflect on the tragedy and its redemptive implications, with interspersed chorales (hymns).
—Scott Cantrell, Dallas News, 13 Mar. 2023
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Word History
German Choral, short for Choralgesang choral song
1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Chorale.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chorale. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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