Looking for something to inspire your local choir or choral society? Our extensive range of choral repertoire includes works for Mixed Choir, Male Voice Choir, Female Voice Choir, Children’s & Youth Choirs, and Senior’s Choir, singing a Capella, with piano accompaniment, and with various other ensembles up to full orchestra.
Choral singing began to take form in the 9th & 10th Centuries, with the unison Gregorian Chant or Plain Chant. From the early Renaissance period, through composers like Palestrina , di Lasso and William Byrd true polyphonic choral music blossomed, and crescendo-ed through to a wonderful climax with Thomas Tallis’ Spem in alium for 40 parts, divided into 8 choirs.
As the form developed through the Renaissance into the Baroque period, composers such as Bach, Telemann and Händel gave the choir more and more autonomy, and through early operas and oratorios, married solo voices, choirs and orchestras together, to create these new musical forms, and inspired audiences with combinations of colours and sounds they had never before experienced.
Although there were many operas and oratorios written in the Classical period, sacred music also took a prominent role in shaping the development of choral music. While the chorus became a very useful tool on stage, Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven composed many Masses, Requiems, Te Deums and Anthems to help brighten the world of church music, and uplift the hearts and souls of the congregation.
As opera continued to expand and stretch dramatic boundaries, choral music of the Romantic period was characterised by choral motets and anthems, and the oratorio grew into an even more varied and contrasting form. The oratorios Elijah and Paul are particularly noteworthy, since despite using Sacred themes, through the various musical facets at Mendelssohn’s disposal, they began to take on a much more operatic narrative. This can also be seen in the Requiems of Brahms and Verdi, where the choir itself, along with the orchestra, lead the dramatic storytelling.
Through the 20th Century, composers such as Ralf Vaughan Williams, Anton Webern, Arnold Schönberg, Benjamin Britten and Edward Elgar composed extensively for varying choral forces. Through these composers and many others, we begin to see choirs being tested and stretched, both technically and dramatically, and being pushed out of their comfort zone in order to inspire, shock and entice the audience. Works like Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius and Schönberg’s Friede auf Erden made a huge impact on the choral landscape.
In the modern era, new choral genres such as Gospel Choir, Pop Ensembles and Jazz & Swing emerged. Composers like John Rutter, Karl Jenkins, Bob Chilcott and Andrew Lloyd Webber have become very popular.
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 195620
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 776497
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Cello, bassoon, violone [double bass] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675555
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1620482
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 877099
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 874308
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 883025
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1626093
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 457469
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236194
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB/SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 227895
Christmas Cantata
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235823
Christmas Cantata
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235822
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234736
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237202
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236787
for: Women's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237550
for: 6 soloists (SATTBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), the parish, children's choir (SSA), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235848
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 697293
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 766821
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 781070
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 649782
Cantatas IV–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 579651
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 232505
for: Mixed choir (SST), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 326137
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 474597
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 123947
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 237464
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 624604
French Sacred Music
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232194
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 556115
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 446638
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 226124
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 649569
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235063
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 234813
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 230244
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1671040
Englisches Weihnachtslied
for: Choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1016502
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1115643
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 635154
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
PART / KA / KOPIE
Item no.: 153583
for: Mixed choir, piano
Organ score
Item no.: 153190
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 213895
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 207596
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 209839
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 459652
© 2004–2024 by Stretta Music. Order and buy sheet music online.
Your specialist for all kinds of sheet music. Online shop, sheet music, music scores and play along for download, books, music stands, music stand lights, accessories.
There is a separate Stretta website for the country Worldwide. If your order is to be delivered to this country, you can switch, so that delivery times and shipping conditions are displayed correctly. Your shopping cart and your customer account will remain the same.
switch to Stretta Music Worldwide
stay on Stretta Music Denmark
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Finland
Sweden
Poland
Czech Republic
United Kingdom
