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: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1153915
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1150993
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1160117
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 884472
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 881056
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 880369
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 877227
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 876352
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 875159
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 875044
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 872194
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 872094
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 871552
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 869665
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 869597
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867989
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867827
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 864308
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 579212
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 579211
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 564214
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 559601
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 322166
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 171728
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Book
Item no.: 321750
for: Male choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321686
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 189623
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 910733
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 904498
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 900238
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 898854
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 893837
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 893782
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 878344
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 872501
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 871105
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 867339
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321669
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321668
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321622
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321612
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321600
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 321596
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 207830
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 896867
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 893638
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 890219
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 869218
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 Worldwidestay on Stretta Music Denmark