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.
for: Women's choir [children's choir] a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 472592
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 366810
Evangelienmotette (Evangelienspruch) zum Neujahrstag
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115537
Evangelienmotette (Evangelienspruch) zum Weihnachtsfest
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 115536
Je ein Satz für Frauenchor (SSA) und gemischten Chor (SATB)
for: Choir
Choir score
Item no.: 115349
Ein Kranz von Lobechören (1942)
Harp part (Harfenstimme)
for: Mixed choir [women's choir], harp
Single part Harp
Item no.: 198584
Kommt herzu
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 202730
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Item no.: 128770
for: Male choir
Choir score
Item no.: 371993
für die heilige Christnacht
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 371364
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
komplettes Orchestermaterial
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 679029
for: Children's choir
Choir score
Item no.: 308255
Historia der freuden- und gnadenreichen Geburt Gottes und Marien Sohnes Jesu Christi
Weihnachtshistorie
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1355823
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 1657065
für Frauenchor und Orgel
for: Women's choir (SSA), organ
Choir part Soprano 1
Item no.: 308465
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 308545
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 336309
Süddeutsche Kirchenmusik des Barock, Band XXXII
Erstdruck
for: 2 solists (SA), mixed choir (SABar), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 334675
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 226125
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230258
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 230045
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 230013
Trilogie sacrée
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 241832
Christmas Cantata
for: 2 soloists (SBar), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235825
BWV Anh. 160
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 234243
Cantata for the 1st day of Christmas
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233680
Feast of the Annunciation
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232697
Feast of the Annunciation
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232695
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232503
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233064
Christmas Oratorio
after the first edition of 1869
for: 5 soloists (SMezATB), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, harp, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236158
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 235986
For God so loved this sinful world
from: Geistliche Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 231821
Böhmische Hirtenmesse
Frei gedichteter Messtext alternativ in deutscher oder tschechischer Sprache
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237201
Weihnachtsoratorium in zwei Teilen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 641609
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 344548
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343025
Kantaten I - VI
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 631003
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts, Audio-CD
Item no.: 617064
Carols
for: Mixed choir (SATB), percussion
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 628329
Kikapust Choral Series
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 166653
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, bassoon, violone (orchestral part)
Item no.: 362095
für Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 362092
8. Christkindleins Wiegenlied "O Jesulein zart"
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733346
Harmonia-Womens Choir
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 926021
Ein Zyklus alter Advents- und Weihnachtslieder
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ [melodic instruments]
Part 3 in C, Bass Clef
Item no.: 1652059
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1110097
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 1159705
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