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.
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 460652
HWV 283
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 382958
An Opera in three Acts and a Prologue
Hawkes Pocket Scores HPS 749
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 365371
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 680065
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SSATB), organ [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 840961
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 321277
Sacred Oratorio HWV 54
for: 6 soloists (SSATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 215192
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano; double bass, percussion ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1343138
Opera in un atto
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388445
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 193177
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 274955
Leipzig et Bruxelles 1886
for: Women's choir (SA) [children's choir], organ [piano]
Score, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 6151
aus: Geistliche Kirchenmelodien, 1649
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins [treble recorders], basso continuo
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 4232
Offertorium
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 3426
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Music score
Item no.: 758506
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1037921
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 684743
Miserere, Benedictus, Dies irae
Série IV: Motets, Volume 3
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 668206
Lateinische Hymnen
for: Mixed choir (SAATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 295312
Action musicale
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 773985
POP CHORAL SERIES
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 797548
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 375210
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 365427
Oper in drei Akten
Kritische Neuausgabe nach den Quellen mit den nachkomponierten Rezitativen von Ernest Guiraud
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 103708
completamento del terzo atto di L. Berio (2001)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 606057
svensk danslek for mixed chorus
score
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 168067
for: Male choir, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 161607
für gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella
Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 680203
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339308
Motette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 193810
Like as the hart longs / Wie der Hirsch schreit
Urtext Stuttgarter Mendelssohn-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (STTBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235287
MWV A 3
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 236252
for SATB choir (with soprano solo) and strings or keyboard
New Horizons
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 484479
for: Choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 613828
Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 609885
Geistliche Musik
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 326420
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts (Wind instruments)
Item no.: 681261
Kleine Orgelsolomesse in B
Hob. XXII:7
Fassung für Solo, Chor und Orgel
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 491175
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 903606
This Land & Passage
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 984810
Hail Thou, King of Glory
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 902213
Lobgesang des Jean Racine Des-Dur op. 11
Stimmensatz (Org-6-5-4-3-3)
for: Mixed choir, strings, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 649570
aus: Messiah
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction
Item no.: 177706
Klassik
for: Children's choir, piano
Buch
Item no.: 269732
Hob. XXII:14
Urtext
Komplettes Orchestermaterial (kostengünstiger Setpreis)
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 667692
Urtext from the new Beethoven Complete Edition (G. Henle Verlag)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 695812
Bärenreiter Urtext-Ausgabe (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 425834
Kinderchor-Kantate
for: Children's choir (1–3 parts), narrator, instruments
Score
Item no.: 377398
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