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.
Kantate für den 2. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 611418
Version Koch
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 776131
Version Koch
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 776128
Kirchliche Festouvertüre
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 663906
Kantate zum Sonntag Oculi HoWV II.57
for: 3 soloists (STB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772211
Über die Nicht- und Flüchtigkeit des menschlichen Lebens.
Kantate zum 24. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Recorder 2
Item no.: 674995
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: Favorit choir (SATB), chapell choir (SATB), double bass, organ [chapell choir satb, 8 melodic instruments]
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1160688
Cantata for Easter Sunday
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 769180
aus: Messias, Zweiter Teil, Nr. 31
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra [organ]
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236038
à 8 in due cori con Istromenti
Stuttgarter Vivaldi Ausgaben - Urtext
Basso continuo - Coro 2
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 string orchestras
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234758
à 8 in due cori con Istromenti
Stuttgarter Vivaldi Ausgaben - Urtext
Viola - Coro 2
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 string orchestras
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234757
for: Soloist (baritone), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB, SATB), orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230684
for: Soloist (baritone), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB, SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230680
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230673
Osterhistorie
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230470
Osterhistorie
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230469
Osterhistorie
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230467
Die Kantate 108
for: Soloist (soprano), children's choir (1 voice), mixed choir (SATB), strings
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230331
Choralfeier
for: Soloist (high), choir (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), the parish, wind instruments, organ
Single part(n)
Item no.: 230329
6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 372788
Kantate zum 26. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
rev. 2017
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1639195
Kantate zum Sonntag Sexagesimae
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233997
Kantate zum 9. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233619
KV 43
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Single parts Violins 1 and 2
Item no.: 1160981
Cantata for Trinity Sunday
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 774824
Joseph Martin Kraus – Musikalische Werke
Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797917
1756/1760
Telemann-Archiv – Urtext Stuttgarter Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 771580
1756/1760
Telemann-Archiv – Urtext Stuttgarter Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 771578
Reformationskantate
Urtext
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 691360
Kantate zum Sonntag nach Neujahr
Violine 2
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681097
Cantata for the 7th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach–Ausgaben (Urtext)
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 680687
Cantata for a wedding
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673210
ergänzt und herausgegeben von Frieder Bernius & Uwe Wolf
Viola 2
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672050
O singet unserm Gott ein neues Lied
Cannons Anthem (Second verison) – HWV 249b
for: Solo voice (soprano/alto), women's choir (SSA), oboe, 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Oboe
Item no.: 676173
Cantata for Easter Tuesday
Third version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, strings, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 746026
Bärenreiter Urtext
Coro II – Violino II
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), strings, basso continuo; 4 soloists (SSAA) ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690717
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1160977
"Coronation Mass"
Edition Peters Green Series
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 262150
Piccolomini-Messe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 344920
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 817407
"Great Mass in C minor"
reconstructed and completed by Ulrich Leisinger
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), 2 mixed choirs, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 694036
"Great Mass in C minor"
reconstructed and completed by Ulrich Leisinger
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), 2 mixed choirs, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 694033
Hob. XXIIIc:4a-d
for: Choir, orchestra
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 401279
Hob. XXIIIc:4a-d
for: Choir, orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 401277
für Soli, Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 296875
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 296313
Kantate Nr. 52
23. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 292135
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171637
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