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.
from the Musical "Grease"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 674145
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 928523
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 928462
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 901387
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 909923
from "Smash"
Pop Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746259
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746181
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746122
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745966
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano; saxophone, vibraphone ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745935
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano; trumpet, snare drum ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745900
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 745888
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano; flute, percussion ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745877
With "America, the Beautiful"
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745796
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano; tubular bells, hand drum, triangle ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 745795
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745736
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745734
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 745693
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 745683
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 745680
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678461
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678442
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678370
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 678356
from the musical "Kinky Boots"
Alfred Pop Choral Series
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746362
Love Theme from "A Star Is Born"
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 746317
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 933329
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano [youth concert band/ brass ensemble/ string ensemble]
Choir score
Item no.: 696505
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 447197
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 692764
Gospel-Messe für gemischten Chor (SATB oder SAAB), Sprecher und Instrumental-Begleitung ad lib.
for: Mixed choir (SATB/SAAB), narrator, melodic instruments, guitar [keyboard]
Choir score
Item no.: 210015
Urtext (erste kritische Ausgabe)
for: Solo voice (alto), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679015
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 216042
for: Women's choir (SA/SSA) [mixed choir (SAB/SATB)], piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass guitar, percussion) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 565228
for: Women's choir (SA/SSA) [mixed choir (SAB/SATB)], piano; rhythm group (guitar, bass guitar, percussion) ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 431939
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 604318
Cantata for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany BWV 32
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232896
for female choir and water-tuned glasses
for: Women's choir (SSSAAA), glass harmonica
Choir score
Item no.: 634637
Der Herr ist mein Hirte
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 607969
Ballads
Neue Chorarrangements für drei gemischte Stimmen
mit leicht spielbarer Klavierbegleitung
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Choir book
Item no.: 431571
Der Welterfolg aus „Sister Act“ (ohne Solo)
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 482735
Sonntag Estomihi
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285521
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 697544
Passio secundum Joannem BWV 245 - Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Fassung II (1725)
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 612174
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 768943
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 768913
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 768876
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 483877
© 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
Sweden
Poland
Czech Republic
United Kingdom
Worldwide
