“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.
Openingskoor Uit De Mattheus Passion
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1214567
Viola Repertoire
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 1348967
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1016077
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 880760
for: Gitarrenduo
Book
Item no.: 997109
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1007784
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1007630
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1007185
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1007094
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1006346
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1006000
Single part Trumpet
Item no.: 926424
Single part Bassoon
Item no.: 925656
Single part Horn
Item no.: 925173
Single part Viola
Item no.: 925136
for: Tuba Euphonium Choir
Buch
Item no.: 926815
for: Mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 183429
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 321163
for: OB KLAR FAG HRN KLAV
Score
Item no.: 340888
for: Flöte und Streichorchester
Score
Item no.: 997978
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 951689
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1060005
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1064212
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1069697
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score
Item no.: 1200774
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 832650
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1136582
for: Flexible ensemble
Part 3 in F (horn)
Item no.: 388306
for: Flexible ensemble
Part 4 in B-flat, treble clef (bass clarinet / baritone horn / euphonium / trombone/ bass instrument)
Item no.: 325935
Arrangement of the "Stabat Mater" by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
STUTTGARTER BACH-AUSGABEN
Urtext
for: 2 voices (SA), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 234276
Arrangement of the "Stabat Mater" by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
STUTTGARTER BACH-AUSGABEN
Urtext
for: 2 voices (SA), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234273
Item no.: 387746
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Single part(n)
Item no.: 299821
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 819724
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 818937
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 820246
New Repertoire For Recorder
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Item no.: 370023
in Sätzen von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Single part Bass recorder
Item no.: 1317420
for: String quintet
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 624132
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 623695
for: 2 VL VA 2 VC KB
Score
Item no.: 138295
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 258707
pieces by Bach, Gluck, Händel
for: school orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1209031
pieces by Bach, Gluck, Händel
for: school orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1209030
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742399
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Streichquartett (Kontrabass ad libitum) oder Streichorchester
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 752756
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Streichquartett (Kontrabass ad libitum) oder Streichorchester
Single part Viola
Item no.: 752754
From "The Goldberg Variations"
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 791956
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