Men's chorus

A male choir is a group of men who form a choir and in each voice type is multiply occupied. Furthermore pieces, which should be reported by such a choir, male choir called.

On the history of men's choirs

The actual musical innovation in the 19th century was the men's choir singing. It was created as part of the reorganization of the Spiritual Life in the Age of Enlightenment. The popular values ​​that increasingly patriotic attitude and the joy of social circle took center stage. In the Romantic period (in the first half of the 19th century ), the old folk songs also came back into favor. The unaccompanied four-part male choir now took the place of the supported of men 's, women's and boys' voices singing. In connection with the political and social awareness and the musical public education should be encouraged. The choir as an association with statutes, a board later " with flags and trophies " was created (see Liedertafel ). Carl Friedrich Zelter (1758-1832) and especially Friedrich Silcherstraße (1789-1860) helped shape the musical development of the choir being crucial in this time and influenced ( in Switzerland Hans Georg Naegeli ).

The clubs often went out of their romantic name. Spent a music zealous a few days on the "Golden Rhine ," he founded, for example, on the Weser, a choir with the name Lorelei or pride rock. Rough men throats gathered in concord or called their club lovingly Concordia or " little bird to joy." The feelings of Sangesfreudigen were initially patriotic and close to nature. Community life and singing in the club (especially in the workers' choral societies ) should probably also distract a little from the often hard days work. The contents of the sung chorus after the first titles were more " political awakening " according to: homeland, the German forest, songs from the golden juice of the grape and love. Places which are today sources of tourists, were celebrated as quiet, romantic places, "At Rudesheim in the throttle Gass ," and again the "Father Rhine ". In the songs you drew as a " minstrel " or "hunters" around the country - and felt as free as a "gypsy ".

After the Second World War, the survivors were returned to their clubs together (initially came also new members ); but the more you could get real breaks and romantic experiences in reality afford ( with increasing prosperity so ), the less you had the " in thought " look in the choir songs. The gradual decline ( but also from aging and lack of young people ) the "old" clubs began.

Despite this negative development, but there was in 2002 nevertheless still 9641 men's choirs in Germany (ie 15.9 % of all choral sections).