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, piano
Item no.: 469082
for: Women's choir, piano
Item no.: 469081
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 630954
Kantate zum 9. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 233615
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir book, CD
Item no.: 472364
Dona nobis pacem, Domine
Chorale cantata
Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 630938
Unser Schiff hat viel gesehen
15 Seemannslieder und Shanties für Shantychöre mit Akkordeon oder Akkordeon allein
for: Male choir, accordion
Choir score, Audio-CD
Item no.: 636631
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass winds, kettle drums, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1615848
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Item no.: 210969
for: Choral
Item no.: 1376966
Ein Musikspiel zum Mitmachen für Kinder
Singheft mit Text und Spielanleitung
for: Children's choir, instruments
Songbook
Item no.: 262317
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 849094
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 849090
for: School class
Book, CD
Item no.: 849012
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 848820
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 848807
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 848803
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 848708
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 892589
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 890748
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 764091
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 764050
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 764029
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 763997
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763971
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763957
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 763803
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 763802
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 848438
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 848384
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 848160
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 887326
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 886254
for: Choir
Book, CD
Item no.: 850173
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 847330
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 847201
for: Choir
Book
Item no.: 850130
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 850114
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 849730
for: Male choir, piano
Item no.: 342710
HCCS - Helbling Choral Concert Series
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 445697
nach einer Skizze von Beethoven
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 693403
2- oder 3-stimmig
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Vocal score
Item no.: 381047
Choir Rocks
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Item no.: 577847
Kleine deutsche Messe
Chorpartitur mit Orgel
for: Mixed choir (SATB), solo voice; 2 violins, cello/double bass and / or organ ad lib.
Organ score
Item no.: 485698
for: Choir
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 165462
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 497469
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Item no.: 217545
© 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.
Germany
Austria
Switzerland
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Luxembourg
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Denmark
Finland
Sweden
Poland
Czech Republic
Worldwide
