What Is a Cholagogue?

Chorus refers to a collective singing art. In the chorus, the personnel are divided into several parts, each using different melody and singing at the same time. Such performance teams are called choirs or choirs . Participants are called choir members or choir members , and the songs they sing are called chorus music , but they are often referred to as chorus or chorus music.

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(Singing art)

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In ancient Greek and Roman dramas, there have been performances by the singing team. Under the definition of today's music theory, "Singing Together" and "Chorus" are mostly used as

Choirs have different classification criteria. These standards have only local significance, and their boundaries are not fixed:

• composition:

• Mixed voice chorus: There are both male and female voices; in addition, boy choruses can also fall into this category, including male high and low vocals.

• Chorus: such as female chorus, male chorus and

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  There are many choir competitions in the world, especially in European countries, such as:

  • International Schubert Choir Competition, Austria

  • International Serious Music Choir Competition, Italy

  • International Choral Competition "Bella Bartok", Hungary

  • World Choir Competitions Around the World

  • 2006 4th World Choral Competition, Xiamen, China

  Choir of the People's Republic of China

  • China Radio Choir

  • Chinese People's Liberation Army Choir

  • Chinese Armed Police Choir

  • Central Youth Radio Choir

  • Beijing Sunny Angel Children's Choir

  Statistics of the German Choir

  The number of choirs can only be approximated, because many choirs are not affiliated with any organization, and some choirs are difficult to classify. At present, it can only be roughly understood from the statistics of the Choir Association (Deutscher Sängerbund, Verband deutscher Konzertchöre, Cäcilienverband, Verband evangelischer Kirchenchöre). A total of 1.79 million people participated in 45,000 German choirs (Source: Musica sacra, 2005/02) . An estimated 3.3 million people actually participated in 61,000 choirs (Source: Oper & Tanz, 2004/2005) .

  Statistics of various choirs:

  • 45.2%-mixed chorus

  • 30,9%-Children and Youth Chorus

  • 15,9%-male chorus

  • 8%-female chorus

  About 2-3% of Germans participate in choral activities.