From the beginning of Monteverdi to the end of J.S Bach, browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the wonderful baroque music on offer with Stretta today!
One of the key features of this period, was the introduction of the figured bass or basso continuo. The continuous, uninterrupted bass line forms the harmonic basis for baroque music. The harmony developed from the sacred, modal style, to the major-minor system that we use today.
Expression in baroque music was shaped by the doctrine of affect. There was a rich system of figures that corresponded to a musical rhetoric, with which human emotion could be portrayed musically.
In Italy, opera emerged as a new form of expression, combining words, text, plot and staging. Other popular musical forms of the time were the concerto grosso, the suite, the fugue, the Baroque Sonata, the cantata and the oratorio. The most famous oratorios of the time were written by J.S Bach, the Christmas Oratorio, St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion.
Cantata for the inauguration of the town council in Mühlhausen
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233183
for: Harpsichord
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 584815
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 971723
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, solo part
Item no.: 771356
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 586305
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), violin, 3 violas, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 279213
for: Mixed choir (SSB) [male chorus (TTB)], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 423224
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388616
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 661149
for: Harpsichord
Music lesson book
Item no.: 154075
for: Harpsichord
Item no.: 446712
for: Oboe [flute/violin], basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 122140
Preludes and Fugues I
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
You will find supplementary material online
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition), online media
Item no.: 577750
for: Soloists (SAATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 334081
1720
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1018210
The Learned Musician
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 556953
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (Version in a minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233813
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 105977
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1215748
for: Violin
Buch + CD
Item no.: 471494
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 777981
Cantata for Palm Sunday and the feast of the Annunciation Cantata for Palm Sunday and the feast of the Annunciation
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 133122
from Francesco Mancinis «XII Solos» (London 1724)
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 549920
for: Choir (one voice), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 475328
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1215440
for: Violin
Ensemble score
Item no.: 635970
Actus tragicus. Trauermusik
BWV 106
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233628
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 389049
for: Recorder, basso continuo
Score, part
Item no.: 442554
Cantata for the Sunday Estomihi
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 683039
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 118949
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316260
Oratorio in three parts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 476443
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 566130
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 135209
for: 6 soloists (SSATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 215192
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 382958
"What Power art Thou" – Aria of the Cold Genius from "King ARthur"
for: Voice (baritone), string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 563579
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 680065
for: Voice (low), piano
Score
Item no.: 169714
Cantata for the 23rd Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 665330
Orgelbüchlein
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition), online media
Item no.: 577765
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo; oboe ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 464812
23 Works for Alto Recorder with Piano Accompaniment
Schott Anthology Series
for: Treble recorder, piano
Piano score, solo part, online audio (playback) (anthology)
Item no.: 775261
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1012732
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 388953
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 378868
for: Flute, basso continuo
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 193252