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as in hymn
a religious song
practiced a chorale to perform in church
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The upheaval comes on the heels of a successful year, with the chorale launching the High Notes, a choir for middle school students in Pasadena and Altadena , as well as the Pasadena Choral Society.
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
The more complex toccatas and fugues had the highest entropy, while simpler chorales had the lowest.
—Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
Johann Sebastian Bach's works were an ideal choice given the highly mathematical structure, plus the composer was so prolific, across so many very different kinds of musical compositions—preludes, fugues, chorales, toccatas, concertos, suites, and cantatas—as to allow for useful comparisons.
—Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
As part of the chorale’s partnership with the Elgin Partnership for Early Learning, the group is asking attendees to bring children’s diapers, children’s books or to make a monetary donation to support the partnership’s initiatives, the release said.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
The more complex toccatas and fugues had the highest entropy, while simpler chorales had the lowest.
—Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
Johann Sebastian Bach's works were an ideal choice given the highly mathematical structure, plus the composer was so prolific, across so many very different kinds of musical compositions—preludes, fugues, chorales, toccatas, concertos, suites, and cantatas—as to allow for useful comparisons.
—Ars Technica, 30 Dec. 2024
As part of the chorale’s partnership with the Elgin Partnership for Early Learning, the group is asking attendees to bring children’s diapers, children’s books or to make a monetary donation to support the partnership’s initiatives, the release said.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chorale
Noun
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The pilgrims sing sacred hymns, while the journalists try to corner cardinals for clues about their papal preferences.—
Daniel Burke,
NPR,
6 May 2025
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With only two episodes left before the Gemstones sing their final hedonistic hymn on the May 4 series finale, Baltz zoomed in from the North Carolina shoot of an upcoming Bobby Farrelly movie to talk about his alter ego’s colorful arc.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Apr. 2025
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Her father had been a high school band director before becoming associate superintendent of the Fresno school district, and her mother, an administrator at California State University, sang in the church choir.—
Charlotte Alter,
Time,
28 May 2025
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Bright: One of the kids in the choir said it the best recently.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
21 May 2025
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But there was no competition bow this year for Lapid’s in-your-face musical satire about a pair of Israeli artists who sign their souls over to a Russian oligarch to craft a post-October 7 nationalist anthem in support of their state.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
28 May 2025
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Co-produced with Grammy-winning pianist Ruslan Sirota, the track is an anthem of transformation, self-worth, and feminine power.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
28 May 2025
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The recent bond-market struggles are being treated by a growing chorus of investment professionals as an ominous message about the unreliability of once-safe assets, the obsolescence of the balanced stock-bond portfolio and the need for new sources of diversification.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
26 May 2025
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So their clothing had to have the harmony of a Greek chorus.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
25 May 2025
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The funeral of Pope Francis began with a short musical chant and psalm spoken in Latin after an open Book of the Gospels had been placed on top of Pope Francis’ closed coffin carried by pallbearers from inside St. Peter’s and placed on a red carpet on the edge of the church steps.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2025
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The faithful will recite several religious verses, including psalm 22, ‘The Lord is my Shepherd,’ during the service.—
Caitlin Danaher,
CNN Money,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Chorale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chorale. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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