“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.
Passio secundum Marcum
First version, first performed in Weimar around 1713 by J. S. Bach
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 241833
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 234028
Cantata for Palm Sunday or for the feast of the Annunciation
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 234004
Cantata for funeral service / Purification of Mary.
Reconstruction Klaus Hofmann
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233913
Cantata for the Sunday Septuagesim
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233866
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233695
Cantata for Easter Sunday
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 194544
Cantata for the 15th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 165411
Reconstruction by Klaus Hofmann
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1316880
for: Solo voice (alto), organ (obl.), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 673215
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 673196
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 673147
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 666817
Cantata for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 665325
Cantata for Oculi – Widerstehe doch der Sünde
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Voice (alto), strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 661162
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 642822
Cantata for the 12th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (Revised Edition)
for: Solo voice (alto), organ (obl.), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681272
Cantata for the 12th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681139
Cantata for the 13th Sunday after Trinity – "Ihr, die ihr euch von Christo nennet"
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revised edition)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 681132
Cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity.
Leipzig Version.
Reconstruction Masaaki Suzuki
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681010
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 681006
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 1664991
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1177327
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1595835
Cantata for the Purification of Mary
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 683114
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 935070
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 934694
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 905416
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 904509
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1317886
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 866357
for: Bass guitar
Music score, CD
Item no.: 1610759
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 808608
Meditation on the Prélude on G Major BWV 1007
for: 2 violoncellos [violin/ viola/ voice (low), Cello].
Score, Parts
Item no.: 697660
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 128684
for: Violin
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 603872
from Suite No. 3
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 722238
Volume with detailed booklet in German (Collection, Urtext)
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 358089
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1557146
Cantata Nr. 82 for the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
in c-minor
for: Voice (bass), oboe, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285476
"It is enough"
Version for Soprano
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285380
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 636016
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285556
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285467
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285450
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285431
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285421
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 642367
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