“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.
Kantate zum Sonntag Sexagesimae
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part(n)
Item no.: 233996
Cantata for the inauguration of the town council in Mühlhausen
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233189
Cantata for the inauguration of the town council in Mühlhausen
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233188
Cantata for the inauguration of the town council in Mühlhausen
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233187
Cantata for the 5th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233470
Kantate zum 2. Sonntag nach Trinitatis bzw. zum Reformationsfest
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233258
Chor zum Michaelisfesttag (überlieferte Form)
Entstehung in der späteren Schaffenszeit um 1740
for: Mixed choir (SAATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232983
Chor zum Michaelisfesttag (überlieferte Form)
Entstehung in der späteren Schaffenszeit um 1740
for: Mixed choir (SAATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232982
Kantate zum 16. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ solo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 232878
Kyrie-Gloria-Messe (Lutherische Messe)
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236069
Kantate zum 1. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
Früher J.S. Bach zugeschriebenes Werk
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), flute, strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424479
Cantata for the Feast of Reformation
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 619163
Early version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Violin 2a (orchestral part)
Item no.: 444389
for: Soloist (tenor), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1340538
Cantata for 24th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 769268
Cantata for Easter Sunday
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 769172
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, 2 organs
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424241
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384638
Single part Flute
Item no.: 900809
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Mandola
Item no.: 464616
for: 2 treble recorders, harpsichord, string orchestra
Single part Recorder 1
Item no.: 346999
Cantata for Easter Tuesday
Third version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 746028
Cantata for Whit Monday
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 643888
for: Violin, recorder, oboe, trumpet, strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 497619
for: 5 Blockflöten (SSAAT)
Treble recorder (single part)
Item no.: 784937
from "Musikalisches Opfer"
for: String orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784821
Vorspiel der Kantate Nr. 35, 1. Teil
for: Organ, orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 781996
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 373330
6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 372787
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 246810
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689325
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 604247
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 585555
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 585554
1st Sunday after Trinity
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 576774
1st Sunday after Trinity
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 576769
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 560059
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 560058
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 555535
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 553097
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 491732
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 585545
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 291586
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 416051
Versione originale per Organo e Orchestra
for: Organ, orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 648670
Cantata for Michaelmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 578482
Kantate zum 3. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 492426
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 2
Item no.: 164956
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