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Many throats agreeing to become one impossible voice, briefly defeating individuality with sound.
means Relating to a choir or chorus — music written for or sung by a group of voices together.
from From Latin 'chorus,' borrowed in turn from Greek 'khoros' — which originally meant not just a group of singers but a band of dancers, the ring of performers who sang and moved together in ancient drama. So buried in 'choral' is the memory of bodies circling and voices rising as one; the dancing fell away over the centuries, but the togetherness stayed. The '-al' is the familiar Latin ending that turns a noun into 'pertaining to.'
- crowd math
- Many singers blur into one seamless tone called choral blend
- ancient roots
- Greek tragedy used a chorus to narrate and judge
- physical sync
- Choir members' heart rates synchronize while singing together
- overtone magic
- Massed voices create phantom pitches nobody actually sang
king's college choir — cambridge university chapel choir founded 1441, performs daily evensong
wiener sangerknaben — vienna boys' choir established 1498, performs at st. stephen's cathedral
mormon tabernacle choir — salt lake city choir founded 1847, performs weekly on radio since 1929
leipzig thomaner — german boys' choir at st. thomas church since 1212, conducted by j.s. bach