Historical genesis of choral writing in Western European music

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to shed light on the historical genesis of choral writing in the context of Western European music. The novelty of this article is that choral writing is considered an important factor in the forms and genres of Western European choral art development (ranging from monody to polyphony). The historical and stylistic evolution of choral writing is outlined on the basis of some significant works of leading scientists. For choral writing cognition we should take into account certain stages of its historical genesis, such as choral music’s written forms formation.

Keywords

• historical genesis
• choral writing
• genre
• style
• composer's thinking