Choral singing has enchanted young and old alike for centuries, and is undoubtedly one of the most important pillars of European culture. Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover for yourself the magic and beauty of the European choral tradition with Stretta Music today!
The goal of the first choral singing, be it early rhythmic intonations or Gregorian chant, was to take a mystical or spiritual moment and infuse it with song. Although originally linked mainly with religion, choral singing soon began to filter into many other cultural spheres, for example in the very popular plays of ancient Greece.
Amazingly, polyphony has been around since as early as the 9th century. It began with simple two-part compositions, the first part, the "vox principalis", was a Gregorian chant, and the second part, the "vox organalis" moved in parallel fifths or fourths. This strict system slowly relaxed over the centuries, and gradually the third and fourth voices were added, and musical forms like Motets, Masses and Madrigals began to emerge. This polyphonic development led to the birth of the Renaissance Period, and the boundaries of polyphony continued to be pushed and stretched through the Baroque Period.
With the beginning of the Baroque Period, the predominance of pure a cappella unaccompanied choral singing began to make way for instrumental choral music. Forms such as Opera, Oratorio and cantatas thrived, and have lost none of their expressive power to this day. In the 19th century the choir became part of the highest form of instrumental music, the Choral Symphony.
Today, there are very few musical disciplines which do not feature the choir in some shape or form. The choir is invaluable for Spirituals & Gospel and often features in Film Music. The choir also plays a pivotal role in the theatre, in Opera, Operetta, Musicals and straight plays. The choir can provide solace in a Requiem, or help expresses joy at a Wedding or a Baptism.
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 637357
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 361821
Passende Klavierstimme zu den Ausgaben MCh,GemCh, FCh
for: Choir, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 443136
"Nun, ich singe, Gott, ich knie"
Erstdruck
for: 4 voices (SATB) [mixed choir], strings, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 773582
Kantate zum 14. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 223372
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 470979
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 432831
Cantata for the feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 673075
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 839496
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 881608
for: Voice [choir (one voice)], organ
Score
Item no.: 162756
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), 4 trombones
Score
Item no.: 276202
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 839678
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 898013
New Bach Edition (NBA). II/4
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 139655
Cantata
Chormusik des 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings [organ]
Score
Item no.: 117238
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 891426
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1562943
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 586600
Opera in three acts HWV 34
Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (HHA) II/33
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 618297
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 586182
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 564911
Opera in three acts HWV 40
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 444421
for: Orchestra; mixed choir ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3278
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2978
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 5298
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo; 3 trombones, strings ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1716
Fragment aus Goethes "Harzreise im Winter" (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloist (alto), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 157482
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass winds, kettle drums, organ
Score
Item no.: 1615839
Nicolai-Messe Hob. XXII:6
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279288
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 658202
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 281573
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 362311
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 296486
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [4 voices (SATB)], piano [organ]
Piano score
Item no.: 101178
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 166719
for: 3 choirs (SSAA, SATB, TTBB), string orchestra, prepared piano, tape
Study score
Item no.: 490038
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1652373
for mixed choir a cappella
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for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 676355
for: Women's choir [children's choir] (2–3 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 371829
For female Chor with 2 Horns and Harp op.17
Wind set (3 parts)
for: Women's choir (SA), 2 horns, harp
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 375107
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 359732
Keltische Messe nach geistlichen Texten aus Irland und Schotland für Chor und Folk-Band
zugleich Chorpartitur
for: Mixed choir (SATB), Folk Band (violin, flute, harp, wheel fiddle, guitar, cello, drum)
Piano reduction
Item no.: 606245
Opera buffa in four acts K. 492
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116419
für gem Chor und Orgel (Orchester ad lib)
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SABar), organ [orchestra, organ]
Choir score
Item no.: 658532
for: Mixed choir (SATB), violin, viola, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 422922
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 360091
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 658385
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