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.
Opera in three acts
Critical new edition with the recitatives later composed by Ernest Guiraud
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 103711
Einzelabgabe ohne Chorpartituren nur mit Antikopierpunkt!
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 557772
Totenmesse für vier Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
zum ersten Jahrestag des Todes von Alessandro Manzoni
Urtextausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 378814
Fragment aus Goethes "Harzreise im Winter" (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: Soloist (alto), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 157482
Arrangement for women's choir
for: 3 soloists (SSA), women's choir (SSAA), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 605266
Cantata
Chormusik des 19. Jahrhunderts
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings [organ]
Score
Item no.: 117238
Oper in 3 Akten
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 359732
Reduced Version
for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 174025
Reprint
Repertoire Explorer
Study Score 987
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 581093
Eine rockige Reise durch die Galaxi
Gesamtausgabe
for: Children's choir, actors, instruments
Piano score
Item no.: 183581
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 260622
Oper in 3 Akten WWV 111
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 360854
WWV 63
Fassung 1842-1880
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 614666
Aria aus dem "Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach"
bearbeitet für Chor (SATB), Oboe, Streicher (ad lib.) und Basso continuo
for: Mixed choir (SATB), oboe, basso continuo; strings ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2051
Schlusschor aus der 9. Sinfonie ("Europahymne")
leicht bearbeitet für Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 2034
Melodramma in due atti
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 227425
Psaume symphonique en trois parties – Symphonischer Psalm in drei Teilen
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 120388
Opera Vocal Score Series (Ricordi)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 586545
aus der neuen Gesamtausgabe
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 273123
for: 2 solo voices (SBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 123406
(Alto Rhapsody)
for: Soloist (alto), male choir (TTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683357
(1) Espana en el corazón nach Gedichten von Lorca und Neruda - (2) Y su sangre ya viene cantando - (3) Memento - Romance de la Guardia civil espanola
Musik unserer Zeit
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 103130
Choralkantate für Sopran, gemischten Chor und Streicher
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 235597
für Tenor (S), gemischten Chor, Violine und Orgel (Harfe ad libitum)
for: Solo voice (S/T), mixed choir (SATB), violin, organ; harp ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 338933
für Chor (SATB), auch mit Instrumenten/ Orchester
vollständige Partituren
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 492598
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116577
Süßmayr-Version
Urtext Stuttgarter Mozart-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 329462
Trinklied (Alfredo, Violetta) aus der Oper "La Traviata"
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (pdf download)
Item no.: 1833
in der Bearbeitung von Heinrich Ritter von Spengel (1852)
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score
Item no.: 1012535
Dresdner und Pariser Fassung in Szenenfolge
Oper in 3 Akten WWV 20
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 382592
Reduzierte Fassung
for: 2 solo voices (MezBar), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra, organ; trumpet, harp, kettle drums ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 301278
(Urtext)
for: Piano, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 287131
Eine deutsche Oper in zwei Aufzügen
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196723
Fragments Symphoniques
Urtext der Suiten
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1612022
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 579886
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 369687
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Hardcover)
Item no.: 143368
New Completion
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1340581
Opera Vocal Score Series
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 389149
für Frauenchor (SA) und Orgel
for: Women's choir (SA), organ
Score
Item no.: 302955
archive copy
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 609825
Chorwerke mit Orgelbegleitung
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 359630
Die schönsten Volks- und Kirchenlieder in leichten dreistimmigen Sätzen
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 181122
Matthaeus 27.46
Máté 27.46
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850986
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392137
oder Der durch Verschlagenheit erlangte Thron oder Die mit der Neigung glücklich Verknüpfte Ehre
BEMF Opera Series Vol. II
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 457364
for Choir and Piano
for: Choir, piano
CD
Item no.: 681826
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1149288
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