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.
Choral Highlights
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 820632
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984777
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985717
Walton Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 985349
Pavane Choral
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168485
Nr. 3 Evening Prayers
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 908028
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1041702
Born for us this day
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1039488
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038867
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038651
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1003389
Fred Bock Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1002768
Walton Choral
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985785
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985326
Walton Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984921
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 984732
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965103
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 964941
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 907755
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 906621
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 901437
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 899871
Southern Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 925035
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 919554
3-5 octave Handbells
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 917880
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 914613
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 950631
Zwei Zyklen zum gemeinsamen Gesang von Chor und Gemeinde im evangelischen Gottesdienst
for: Mixed choir (SATB), the parish, piano
Choir book
Item no.: 499110
Psalm 100
(komponiert 1844)
for: 8 soloists (SSAATTBB), mixed choir (SATB)
Score
Item no.: 2148
Gentry Publications
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1326957
A Cantata for Tenor Solo, S.A.T.B. Chorus, and Orchestra (Piano-Vocal Score)
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1626013
Chor
Chorpartitur
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 873821
Acte de Ballet
RCT 45
Opera Omnia (OOR) V.1
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1565815
Schott Kammerchor
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), bassoon solo
Choir score
Item no.: 632223
20 Chorsätze für gemischten Chor a cappella nach Texten Lothar Petzold
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 762638
Ordinarium Missae
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ score, Piano score
Item no.: 687170
Breitkopf Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 675292
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 938493
Terzett
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 194494
für Gemeinde, Vorsänger, gemischten Chor, Jazztrio und Orgel (oder Bläser)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), precentor, the parish, organ [wind ensemble], rhythm group (piano, guitar, bass, drums)
Score
Item no.: 659457
sowie sonstige Gelegenheitswerke für Geburtstage oder Begräbnisse Band 5
Serie II: Kantaten, Huldigungsmusiken und andere Gelegenheitswerke - Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Kritischer Bericht
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 644553
für Soli, gem Chor, Streicher und Orgel
Einzeln nur mit Anti-Kopier-Stempel lieferbar!
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 657341
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 656759
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 656730
Schulmusical für 7 Sprechrollen & 2stimmigen Chor. Eine erfrischende Sommerepisode mit 5 Liedern und Sprechtexten (ab 12 Jahren)
Der Kinderchor 12
for: Children's choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 656679
Fünf Motetten für vierstimmigen gemischten Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 660177
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 657040
"Gaff nicht in den Himmel"
Lied-Oratorium für 2 Sprecher, 2 Solisten, Chor, E-Bass und Instrumental-Ensembles.
for: 2 narrators, 2 soloists, mixed choir, bass guitar, instruments
Score
Item no.: 660142
© 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
