In ancient Greek and Roman dramas, there were chorus performances. Under the definition of today's music theory, "chorus" and "chorus" are often used to divide the number of parts, while the chorus in ancient Greek and Roman dramas is called "chorus" rather than chorus. Chorus in modern western countries originated from the choir of Christian churches in the Middle Ages. After plainsong, oratorio, drama and other stages, it finally developed into a common folk chorus. But most people are used to the situation that two or more people sing at the same time as chorus; The bottom is subdivided into three categories: "chorus, duet and chorus".

In ancient China, Buddhist monasteries chanted in unison. However, secular music chorus is not popular, and at most it is an occasional chorus in Beijing opera. The chorus art of modern China was introduced from the west. After the Second Opium War, the door of western missionary work in China was opened, a large number of new Christian schools were established in China, and the art of Christian singing and chorus was introduced into China. In the early years of the Republic of China, people in China began to create choral works of local secular music, and there appeared choral songs such as Hai Yun written by Zhao Yuanren. In addition, at the end of the Qing dynasty, the Qing government invited foreign instructors from the west to train the new army. The chorus of western military songs was also brought to China. For example, a German military song "Song of Emperor William's Training" taught by German instructors was rewritten as "Song of a General's Training", later rewritten as "Song of Training" by Feng Yuxiang's National Army, and later rewritten as a chorus military song of "Three Disciplines and Eight Attentions" by the Chinese Red Army.