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: Organ, strings
Single part Viola
Item no.: 331696
for: Violine und Streicher
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1545633
for: Violin, string orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 603347
for: Organ, orchestra
Single part Cor anglais
Item no.: 1545763
for: 2 oboes, bassoon, string orchestra, organ
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1545090
for: Organ, orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1544862
for: 2 oboes, bassoon, string orchestra, organ
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1544642
for: Organ, orchestra
Single part Kettledrum
Item no.: 645831
for: 2 oboes, bassoon, string orchestra, organ
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 490203
for: 2 oboes, bassoon, string orchestra, organ
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 446343
for: Orgel (Harfe), 2 Flöten (Alt-Blockflöten) und Streicher
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 342583
for: Alt-Blockflöte, Streichorchester und Basso continuo (Cembalo/Klavier)
Single part Cello
Item no.: 420816
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Single part (Cello solo)
Item no.: 421832
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421819
for: Violin
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421755
for: Oboe
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421704
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 104271
for: Double bass
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 104243
for: Harpsichord
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 421659
for: Oboe d'amore
Single part
Item no.: 421611
for: Flute [oboe]
Single part
Item no.: 421567
for: Harpsichord
Single part(n)
Item no.: 421550
for: Violin
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421546
for: Harpsichord
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 421538
for: Harpsichord
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 421469
for: Harpsichord
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421425
for: Violin, piano
Single part
Item no.: 421419
for: Harpsichord
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 421418
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421388
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 421322
for: Harpsichord
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 421307
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421273
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421270
for: Basso continuo
Single part(n)
Item no.: 457318
for: 2 violins, cello, basso continuo
Single part Cello
Item no.: 262293
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 147322
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 143062
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 138652
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 136079
for: Violine und Klavier (Cembalo)
Single part Cello
Item no.: 106259
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 1a (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373622
for: Youth string orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 312922
for: Strings, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 354971
Treble recorder 1 (single part)
Item no.: 555828
Single part Trumpet 2 (C)
Item no.: 488635
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 488631
for: für 2 Soprane, Alt, gemischten Chor (SATB), Streicher und Orgel (Cembalo) Orgel
Single part
Item no.: 141108
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 464108