chœur
Definition of the French term chœur in music:
- choir, chorus (group of singers)
- course (on a string instrument: one or more strings grouped together and equally tuned)
- organ chorus (combination of organ stops of the same family)
- choir composition
- choir (part of a church where the choir is seated)
Language
French
Singular
chœur
Plural
chœurs
Variant
choeur
Synonym
(1) chorale
Combinations
French musical terms that include chœur:
- avec chœur – with choir
- enfant de chœur – choirboy...
- grand chœur – large choir (large group of singers)...
- livre de chœur – choir book
- petit chœur – small choir, small chorus (small group of singers)
- petit chœur au soli – small choir with the soloists
- soli au chœur – solo voices or choir
Musical examples
Music scores that include chœur:
- Alexandre Guilmant: Organ Sonata No. 1 (1874) Page 1
- Camille Saint-Saëns: Oratorio de Noël (1858) Page 5
- Gabriel Fauré: Madrigal (1883) Page 1
- Gabriel Fauré: Pavane (1887) Page 1
- Hector Berlioz: Grande messe des morts (1837) Page 1
- Hector Berlioz: Vox populi (1849) Page 1