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
Choir score
Item no.: 842616
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 842190
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 844730
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 844725
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 844596
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 844574
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 844557
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 844413
for: Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 845328
for: Choir
Set of parts
Item no.: 845290
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 845237
for: Choir
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 764437
Op. 266
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 992875
Harmonia-Men's Choir
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 905781
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905735
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 905387
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 904609
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 904404
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 904062
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931729
African American Church Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1152768
Paradise road
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 915739
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 913006
Developing the Creative Brain in the 21st Century
Kodaly Today Handbook Series
for: School class
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 887495
gemischter Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 679510
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 679500
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 679474
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1653551
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 881909
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1671919
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1667703
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1667608
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1667166
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1087181
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1595973
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314217
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314214
from Cavalleria Rusticana
for: Mixed choir, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307031
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1314777
from Cavalleria Rusticana (March Format)
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1314545
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1259841
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1259775
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1262054
for: Mixed choir, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1253612
for: Mixed choir, concert band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1261851
Choral
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 777488
Lieder, Songs & Evergreens
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1657348
Hymne des Fraternisés avec Chorus SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 763481
© 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
