Editions by J.F. Boissonade (1846, supplemented by C. Graux in _Revue de philologie_, 1877) and R. Förster (1882-1894); see also C. Kirsten, "Quaestiones Choricianae" in _Breslauer philologische Abhandlungen_, vii. (1894), and article by W. Schmid in Pauly-Wissowa's _Realencyclopädie_, iii. 2 (1899). On the Gaza school see K. Seitz, _Die Schule von Gaza_ (Heidelberg, 1892).
CHORIN, AARON (1766-1844), Hungarian rabbi and pioneer of religious reform. He favoured the use of the organ and of prayers in the vernacular, and was instrumental in founding schools on modern lines. Chorin was thus regarded as a leader of the newer Judaism. He also interested himself in public affairs; and his son Francis was a Hungarian deputy.
See L. Löw, _Gesammelte Schriften_, ii. 251.
CHORIZONTES ("separators"), the name given to the Alexandrian critics who denied the single authorship of the _Iliad_ and _Odyssey_, and held that the latter poem was the work of a later poet. The most important of them were the grammarians Xeno and Hellanicus; Aristarchus was their chief opponent (see HOMER).
CHORLEY, HENRY FOTHERGILL (1808-1872), English musical critic, one of an old Lancashire family, began in a merchant's office, but soon took to musical journalism. He began to write for the _Athenaeum_ in 1830, and remained its musical critic for more than a generation; and he also became musical critic for _The Times_. In these positions he had much influence; he had strong views, and was a persistent opponent of innovation. In addition to musical criticism, he wrote voluminously on literature and art, besides novels, dramas and verse, and various librettos; and he published several books, including _Modern German Music_ (1854), _Handel Studies_ (1859), and _Thirty Years' Musical Recollections_ (1862). He died in London on the 16th of February 1872.
See his _Autobiography, Memoir and Letters_, edited by H.G. Hewlett (1873).
CHORLEY, a market town and municipal borough in the Chorley parliamentary division of Lancashire, England, on the river Yarrow, 202 m. N.W. by W. from London and 22 m. N.W. from Manchester, on the Lancashire & Yorkshire and London & North-Western railways and the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. Pop. (1891) 23,087; (1901) 26,852. The church of St Lawrence is of Perpendicular and earlier date, largely restored; it contains fine woodwork and some interesting monuments. Cotton spinning and the manufacture of cotton and muslin are extensively carried on, and there are also iron and brass foundries and boiler factories. Railway-wagon building is an important industry. The district contains a number of coal-mines and stone-quarries. Close to the town is the beautiful Elizabethan mansion of Astley Hall, which is said to have sheltered Oliver Cromwell after the battle of Preston (1648). The corporation consists of a mayor, 6 aldermen and 24 councillors. Area, 3614 acres.