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.
Christmas Collection
for: Brass band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 693312
With vocal score in English and Dutch
Christmas Collection
for: Brass band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 880234
Christmas Collection
for: Concert band; chorus ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 879404
Christmas Collection
for: Youth concert band; choir ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 215375
D. 386
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1882
Aus Tirol
for: Mixed choir (SAATBB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 732447
op. 22/1
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 733559
Gesangbuch Joseph Klug 1543/nach dem lat. " puer natus in Bethlehem"
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 758590
Gesangbuch Joseph Klug 1535
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 758591
Frankfurt 1659
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 758592
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1664172
Text nach dem lat. "In dulci jubilo" (14. Jh.)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 746578
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 3 trombones ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1670762
"Christkindlmesse"
Stimmensatz - Klarinette und Horn
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts (Wind instruments)
Item no.: 775920
(Weihnachten)
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730032
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1161435
Communio zum 4. Advent
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 4435
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
Ausgabe in Es und D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 668043
for: Mixed choir, organ [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 610333
GIA Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1150991
Magnificat, Mass and Antiphon (O bone Jesu)
Early English Church Music 43
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 769197
Secular Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 815825
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1349725
Melodie aus dem 11. Jahrhundert
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 751448
für Sprecher, Soli, Kinderchor und kleines Orchester
Für Kinder ab 8 Jahren geeignet.
Orff-Schulwerk
for: Soloists, narrator, children's choir, instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 1660026
op. 40, Nr. 2
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 3980
Acht Motetten
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 989246
18 Werke
for: Mixed choir (4–12 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 766592
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 744751
Pavane Choral
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1168292
Weihnachtskantate
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo; solo voice (soprano) ad lib.
Set of parts (Strings)
Item no.: 688888
from "A Ceremony of Carols" op. 28
for: Women's choir (SSA), harp [piano]
Choir score
Item no.: 688971
zum Neujahrstag – Fest der Beschneidung Christi
aus: Erster Theil Deutscher Sontäglicher Evangeliensprüche
Erfurt, 1612
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 5846
Mit Klavierstimme für die Chorprobe
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 649590
No. 10 of Oratorio de Noel op. 12
Masterworks of Choral Music
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 772288
für Soli, gemischten Chor, zwei Trompeten, Pauken, zwei Violinen und Basso continuo
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 303402
Playback-CD zum Kinder-Weihnachtsmusical
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 577929
Power Of Voice - Wedding Edition
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 319073
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 328200
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 1115041
(… der Träume als Blätter hat)
Magisches Weihnachtslied, das zu Herzen geht!
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 659996
Weihnachtslied
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 631640
(Weihnacht, frohe Weihnacht)
Aus "Drei Haselnüsse für Aschenbrödel"
for: Mixed choir (SAM), piano
Vocal score
Item no.: 681070
Ein Singspiel nach Lukas 2,1-20 für Kinder- und Jugendchor und Klavier (Flöte/Klarinette/Schlagzeug ad lib)
Partitur mit Aufführungshinweisen
for: Children's choir (1 voice), piano
Score
Item no.: 654931
Weihnachtskantate
for: Narrator, 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra; children's choir ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 649682
für Singstimme (Solo oder einstimmiger Chor) und Klavier
for: Voice [choir], piano
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 618700
Weihnachtsmesse
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 289731
Christkindlmesse
Revidierte und liturgisch ergänzte Neuausgabe von Josef Lammerz
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 290146
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