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 (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 459849
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 362891
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 460565
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 430475
for: School class
Music score
Item no.: 1163254
for: Women's choir (2 parts), piano
Score
Item no.: 319715
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 871807
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano; strings ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 679749
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 923768
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 913454
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 911085
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 932004
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 907532
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 920418
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 908165
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 907894
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 906666
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 906112
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 906108
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 905870
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1093208
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 777783
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964820
for: Choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 910405
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 209714
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 980974
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 461947
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 431620
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 161218
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 643352
for: Male choir (TTBarBB), percussion
Score
Item no.: 483738
for: Children's choir (2 voices), 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 695785
for choir
Fantasie lyrique en deux parties
for: Soloists, children's choir, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 175521
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 679475
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra [organ]
Score
Item no.: 628313
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 643471
for: Women's choir (SSSSAAAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 628320
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 319541
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 558381
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 550138
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ [brass winds]
Score
Item no.: 586904
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551202
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1005030
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004726
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1584414
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1584406
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1004740
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 905309
© 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
United Kingdom
