chorale

Definition of choralenext
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as in choir
an organized group of singers a chorale that is regarded as being among the best in the state

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Recent Examples of chorale The audience can sing Handel’s Messiah, including the Hallelujah Chorus, with the chorale, directed by John Russell and accompanied by organist Martin Green. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Nov. 2025 This will be a full live production of Peter Rothstein’s a cappella chorale piece, offered as an add-on to the Playhouse on Park season subscription. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2025 Three years later, the follow-up, Caroline 2, expands outward in every direction, pairing scraggy, strummed chorales with heart-on-sleeve mantras and distorted furore. Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 30 May 2025 The 70-voice chorale will be accompanied by an organist and a chamber orchestra. Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for chorale
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chorale
Noun
  • Outside, the protesters sang hymns and chanted prayers and held signs and images of the Virgin Mary.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The fragments, known as ostraca, include everything from tax receipts and delivery orders to student writing exercises and religious hymns.
    Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • The orchestral instruments contain several choir samples, a harp, a pipe organ, and the usual brass, percussion, strings, and woodwinds.
    Jamie Lendino, PC Magazine, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The Hillyards’ daughter sang for 12 years in the choir, which serves hundreds of youth singers in the East Bay.
    Harry Harris, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Like all other private and public enterprises in Germany, these guilds now began their meetings with anthems and Hitler salutes.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 1 Apr. 2026
  • David Bowie — whose transcendent anthems ring out at key moments in this production — might call them the people on the edge of the night.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • There’s an intimacy to it in the verses, and then there’s a big dynamic jump, an octave jump between the verse and the chorus, which just explodes into this hopeful, optimistic thing.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Yet athletic departments are still operating as tax-exempt nonprofits, even as a growing chorus of voices, from academia to politics, is wondering whether this designation should be reevaluated.
    Andrew Urbaczewski, The Conversation, 2 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • After all, audiences may be captivated by the psalm singing itself, but then can also find more things that capture their imagination in the observational doc.
    Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Gallagher is also excited about Psalms of the People (Salim Nan Daoine), Jack Archer’s Gaelic-language documentary about Scotland’s cultural heritage of traditional Gaelic psalm singing.
    Diana Lodderhose, Deadline, 25 Feb. 2026

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“Chorale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chorale. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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