Here are entered works on choral music. Musical compositions for or with chorus are entered under the headings Choruses; Choruses, Sacred; or Choruses, Secular, followed if appropriate by type of chorus and accompaniment.
Entered under this heading when used without a qualifier are collections of secular choral compositions for various groups of voices (men's, mixed, women's, etc.) both accompanied and unaccompanied. For collections or single works the heading may be qualified as appropriate in the following order: 1) voice grouping; 2) number of vocal parts; and 3) specification of accompaniment or the specification, Unaccompanied.The number of vocal parts is specified when 8 or fewer if specification of accompaniment is: 1) not present; 2) Unaccompanied; 3) for continuo; 4) for a solo instrument; or 5) for 2 keyboard instruments.
Here are entered secular vocal chamber music works for solo voices or chorus, unaccompanied or with instruments, including collections and individual works in more than one language. Part songs in a single language are entered under the heading qualified by the language, e.g. Part songs, English.Part songs composed in a specific form are entered under the form, e.g. Polyphonic chansons.
Here are entered compositions with secular texts for ten or more solo voices and collections of compositions for various numbers of solo voices. Similar compositions with sacred texts are entered under Sacred vocal ensembles.This heading may include the medium of performance of accompaniment, e.g. Vocal ensembles with electronics; Vocal ensembles, Unaccompanied.
