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.
for: Concert band; chorus, string orchestra ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 692832
for: Piano
Item no.: 560405
for: Sopran solo, Streicher
Score, set of parts (anthology)
Item no.: 394570
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 179339
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 424436
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 422051
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Oboe, 2 Violinen, Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 236142
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 236014
French Sacred Music
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 232192
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 230990
for: Gemischter Chor (STTB/SATB), Violine, Basso continuo, [Solo S]
Score
Item no.: 229591
for: Voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 208417
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 119707
for: Mixed choir, melodic instruments, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 127788
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 176756
Score
Item no.: 616086
for: GES-T (A) 2 FL (BFL) 2 VL VA BC
Score
Item no.: 298047
for: SOLI (AT) GCH 2 VL BC
Score
Item no.: 244789
for: Chor SSAT/ATTB/ATB, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 274647
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 643364
for: 3 gleiche oder gemischte Stimmen (SAA oder SAT)
Chorpartitur
Item no.: 202716
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280447
for: Singstimme (B), 2 Violinen, Basso continuo, [Gemischter Chor (SATB), Va]
Score
Item no.: 1670673
for: String Orchestra, Oboe, Bassoon and SATB
Score, Parts
Item no.: 861688
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 217336
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 343408
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 466247
for: Concert Band/Harmonie/Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 872135
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 887059
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition), 2 CDs
Item no.: 383033
for: 2 trumpets, organ
Item no.: 244119
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 401558
for: 2 GES-H (TT) GES-M (BAR) 2 VL BC
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 120414
for: Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bässe solo (2), Gemischter Chor (SATB), Alt-Blockflöten (2), Piccoloflöte (2), Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Fagott, Hörner (2), Trompeten (3), Pauke, Streicher, Basso continuo
Werkausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 350126
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 279038
for: 2. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 180142
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 680774
for: Soprano or Mezzo Soprano and Organ
Book
Item no.: 377700
for: Flöten (2), Fagotte (2), Trompeten (2), Posaunen (2), Violinen (2), Violen (2), Posaune, Violetta, 1. Viola, Violetta, 2. Viola, Cello, Gambe, Kontrabass, Cello, Kontrabass, Basso continuo
Stimmensatz, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 186714
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 669619
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat), organ
Organ score, solo parts
Item no.: 160622
Zeitschrift für Spielmusik
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 144505
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 463842
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 202028
Cantata for the Feast of Annunciation Day
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 384917
Cantata for Whit Monday
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116720
Weihnachtskonzert über "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich"
für Sopranblockflöte (Oboe), ein oder zwei Violinen, Orgel oder Cembalo und Violoncello ad lib.
komplettes Set aus Partitur und Stimmen
for: Descant recorder [oboe], 1–2 violins, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 679883