To remove or reduce the choral or chorus-based elements from a musical composition or performance.
Formed from the prefix 'de-' combined with 'choralize' (to arrange with a chorus). The term is primarily used in music history and musicology.
If a composer takes a grand choral symphony and removes all the choir parts to make it just for orchestra, they're dechoralizing it—which sometimes reveals hidden details in the instrumental parts!
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