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: 2 voices [women's choir](smez), piano
Score
Item no.: 192722
for: Choir, String orchestra; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 596829
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594312
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588566
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 588202
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (4 parts)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 599304
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598626
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592588
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 592575
for: Mixed choir (SATB), string quartet; rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums) ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591017
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590988
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590958
for: Mixed choir, 4 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590950
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590816
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590812
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590764
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590761
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590760
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590712
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590711
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 5 woodwinds (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590705
for: Mixed choir, 5 saxophones
Score, Parts
Item no.: 590668
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 594512
for: Mixed choir, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 595159
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5658
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6088
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 6079
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598151
for: Mixed choir (SATB), flexible ensemble (5 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 598143
(Lob und Dank)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753403
(Gottesdienst)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753395
(Epiphanias)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 753379
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3537
for: Women's choir (SS) [2 solo voices]; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 2790
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4105
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4039
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 760307
Chorheft Nr. 2 - Verkündigung und Magnificat
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751752
nach dem polnischen Weihnachtslied "Gdy sie Chrystus rodzi"
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 751697
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751476
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751475
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751470
(Bolivia)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 756219
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732084
(Lieder nach Texten des AT (Psalmen u.a.))
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 737822
Mel: Halberstadt um 1500, Wittenberg 1524 (Trinitatis)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 737820
(Passion)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 737817
Nr. 14 aus der "Weihnachtsgeschichte"
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 722943
© 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
