“Music owes as much to Bach as religion to its founder.” Robert Schumann
It is astounding how abundant and inexhaustible are his works. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) is more than the epitome of baroque music, and one wonders how a single person could accomplish so much in one lifetime. Show others the brilliance of Bach through Stretta!
After a number of engagements as an organist, in which he often confused more than supported parishes with his improvisational skills and harmonic experiments, in 1708, J. S. Bach was appointed Court Organist & Chamber Musician by the Duke of Saxony-Weimar. It was during this period that he composed most of his organ music. In 1714 he was promoted to Concert Master of the Court Orchestra, and one of his duties was to compose weekly cantatas for the Sunday Service, laying the foundations for the 300 or more Bach Cantatas, of which around 200 remain. For his next position, as Kapellmeister to the Prince of Anhalt-Köthen from 1717, Bach’s role no longer required him to compose sacred music, so it was here that many of any his instrumental works were developed, including The Brandenburg Concertos.
With his last role as Cantor of St. Thomas in 1723, Bach held his first and only official position working for the city, the city of Leipzig. He was responsible for the music at the four main churches in Leipzig, and he taught at St. Thomas’ Boarding School. The St. Thomas’ Boys’ Choir is still one of the most important, and traditional boys’ choirs in the world today. In his final years, despite his steadily declining sight, Bach still created works that are the sum, and pinnacle of counterpoint, such as The Musical Sacrifice or the The Art of Fugue.
As was common in the 18th century, Bach’s works were quickly forgotten after his death. People were only concerned with new music. It was Bach’s sons, and his successors at St Thomas’, who preserved his memory. Composers of the First Viennese School, like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, especially admired Bach’s counterpoint, and learned a great deal from him. In the 19th century Bach Renaissance, the St. Matthew Passion was famously rediscovered, and performed in Berlin in 1829 by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Another important milestone was the first complete edition of Bach’s works, which was created between 1850-1899. Today’s “New Bach Edition” was published between 1954-2007 by Bärenreiter and has become the authoritative Bach edition. The Original Manuscript of Bach’s B Minor Mass was declared a UNESCO World Document Heritage in 2015.
Johann Sebastian Bach came from a long line of musicians, whose family dated back centuries. Four of his sons continued this tradition, also becoming composers, ending up in London and Milan. With their works, they bridge the gap between baroque and classical music.
Cantata for the 13th Sunday after Trinity – Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 550954
Cantata for Michaelmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 485330
Kommt, eilet und laufet
Parodie der weltlichen Kantate "Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen" BWV 249a
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 241613
Cantata for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany BWV 32
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232895
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 975773
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 975513
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 634610
for: Bassoon, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 463634
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1107287
for: Flute, harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 770622
for: Organ
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 321137
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 746238
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 812235
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803028
for: Solo voice (alto), organ (obl.), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 673216
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 316731
for: Mixed choir (4–6 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 929187
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format)
Item no.: 665385
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746388
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 296381
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 392729
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 673167
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 172633
for: Recorder Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1107349
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 350591
Cantata for the 16th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 233484
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 769554
Peasant Cantata ("Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet")
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 voices (SB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 687394
for: Narrator, 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Score
Item no.: 689660
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 147380
Es erhub sich ein Streit
Cantata at St Michael and All Angels
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 428292
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 817312
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 556955
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 246564
Traditional version (1739/1749)
BWV 245
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613071
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677499
for: Organ Duet [2 players, 1 console]
Buch
Item no.: 912034
Klassik
for: Opera
Lyrics
Item no.: 1103292
for: Organ [Piano]
Book
Item no.: 1349840
BWV 1002, BWV 1004, BWV 1006
(transcribed for flute)
Collection Strings in the Wind
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 1331563
2. Satz aus dem Doppelkonzert d-Moll BWV 1043
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1657474
Gegenwartsmusik
for: 2 Bb Instruments
Buch
Item no.: 1530990
Shawnee Sacred
for: SATB
Choir score
Item no.: 1656337
Selected Movements from unaccompanied Sonatas, Partitas and Suites
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 662770
20. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1667068
Sinfonia Uit Kantate 156
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1214564
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1690019
aus "Acht kleine Präludien"
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 662836
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