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.
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 366778
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811531
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 745194
from Cats
Broadway Choral Series
for: Choir, piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 765910
from Cats
Classic Broadway Choral Series
for: Male choir (TTB), piano
Score
Item no.: 763139
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 373397
3. Little David, Play on your Harp (Spiritual)
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 183722
Choral Large Works
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 317788
Pavane Sacred
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 1168699
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 631537
Sonntag Estomihi
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 428480
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 745400
The 2016 break-up single by Justin Bieber – Pop Choral Series
ShowTrax CD
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 674175
The 2016 break-up single by Justin Bieber – Pop Choral Series
Women's Choir SSA
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass, percussion) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 674174
op. 16/2D. 422
for: Male choir, guitar
Score
Item no.: 638629
op. 105/1D. 865
for: Male choir, guitar
Score
Item no.: 638589
from Cantata BWV 93
for: Children's choir (2 voices), pian; strings ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 361719
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 779169
"The harp that once thro' Tarra's halls"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [harp, string orchestra]
Score
Item no.: 352057
Es erhub sich ein Streit
Cantata at St Michael and All Angels
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 328318
No. 4 Love Song
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 330478
2. Ireland: Lilliburlero
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 355127
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 317727
From Elijah
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 317379
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 876976
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 882864
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 870602
An Elizabethan Serenade
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 319620
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1628393
from Cantata 147
for: Choir (3 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1660825
POD
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 862733
Klassik
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1100972
Novello Choral Pops
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1346419
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1657346
This setting of the hallelujah chorus was written to celebrate the Handel Tercentenary. For SATB and Keyboard.
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 1042927
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964681
for: Male choir (TTB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 887872
for: Women's choir (SS), organ
Score
Item no.: 871621
"Morgengebet" eingerichtet für Frauenchor
for: Women's choir (SS), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 655290
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1552750
(In The Bleak Midwinter)
for: Male choir; piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 635663
Choral
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 805603
1. England: Early one morning
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Chorpartitur mit untergelegtem Klavierauszug
Item no.: 748782
A Masque for the Entertainment of the King
Original Version
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Score
Item no.: 367802
Walton Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 985434
For children's chorus (even voices) or soprano, narrator and soloists
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Piano reduction
Item no.: 818400
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 560263
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 941742
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