“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.
nach BWV 249, Nr. 1
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234257
B minor BWV 103
Cantata for the Sunday of Jubilate
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1642616
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
BWV 72
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1552664
Early version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Violin 1b (orchestral part)
Item no.: 459767
Kantate zum 4. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234045
Kantate zum Sonntag Exaudi
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234022
Kantate zum Sonntag Sexagesimae
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233998
Kantate zum 17. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233735
Kantate zum Ratswechsel
Umgestaltung der gleichnamigen Kantate zum 12. Sonntag nach Trinitatis BWV 69a
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233159
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
Single part Organ
Item no.: 797126
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
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797123
Cantata for the 8th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 683894
Trauerode für Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Kammerorchester
Orgel
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 681148
Kantate zum Sonntag nach Neujahr
Orgel
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 681095
Cantata for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673163
Cantata for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 673160
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1340541
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1340540
Version Koch
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola da gamba 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 776133
Version Koch
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola da gamba 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 776129
for: gemischter Chor, Blockflöte (S/T), Klavier und Streicher ad libitum
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1544941
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 384642
from Cantata No. 161
for: gemischter Chor, Blockflöte (S/T), Klavier und Streicher ad libitum
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 792485
D Major
for: 2 Oboen, Fagott, Streichorchester und Basso continuo (Cembalo oder Orgel)
Single part Bassoon
Item no.: 783856
D Major
for: 2 Oboen, Fagott, Streichorchester und Basso continuo (Cembalo oder Orgel)
Single part Oboe 1
Item no.: 783801
Vorspiel der Kantate Nr. 188
for: Organ, strings
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 748128
from Cantata No. 161
for: gemischter Chor, Blockflöte (S/T), Klavier und Streicher ad libitum
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 740467
for: Organ, orchestra
Single part Cor anglais
Item no.: 1545763
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 348166
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 212932
Single part Organ
Item no.: 207878
Single part Organ
Item no.: 608978
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 585548
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 553098
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 457149
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443146
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 375373
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 292138
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 247328
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1645000
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 582429
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 332351
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 326560
for: Organ, orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1544862
for: Organ, orchestra
Single part Kettledrum
Item no.: 645831
for: Organ, strings
Single part Viola
Item no.: 331696
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 148248
for: 4 recorders (AATB)
Single part Bass recorder
Item no.: 603013
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