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: Treble recorder, flute, strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 683455
for: 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Single part Viola
Item no.: 752193
for: Violine, Streicher und Orgel
Single part Viola
Item no.: 730560
op. 34/3
for: 3 Melodie-Instrumente (Violinen, Flöten, Oboen) oder Streichorchester und Basso continuo (Cembalo, Klavier); Violoncello (Viola da gamba, Fagott) ad libitum
Single part Cello
Item no.: 784582
for: Strings, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784544
op. 10/1
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784530
op. 10/1
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Single part Cello
Item no.: 784528
for: Sopran-Blockflöte und Streicher
Single part Viola
Item no.: 784526
C major
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784497
C major
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784494
op. 21/3
for: Alt-Blockflöte, Violine (Flöte) und Basso continuo
Treble recorder (single part)
Item no.: 784481
op. 7/5
for: 2 oboes, bassoon, string orchestra, organ
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 781988
Suite from "Festin des Muses, 1700"
for: Streichorchester und Blasinstrumente
Part 1 (oboe / violin)
Item no.: 755844
for: Oboe d'amore, strings, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 756649
for: Alt-Blockflöte, Streichorchester und Basso continuo (Cembalo/Klavier)
Single part Viola
Item no.: 749613
"Il Cardellino"
for: Flöte (Alt-Blockflöte), Streichorchester und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 747278
Concerto grosso D Major
for: 4 violins, strings, basso continuo
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 727117
3me Production - Suite
for: Orchestra
Single part Cello
Item no.: 727100
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 726935
Concerto grosso A minor
for: 2 Violinen obligato, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 724395
Concerto grosso B minor
for: 4 violins, strings, basso continuo
Single part viola 2
Item no.: 792699
Suites 1-3
for: Orchestra
Single part Trumpet 1
Item no.: 793939
for clarinet and orchestra
for: Klarinette und Streichorchester; 2 Hörner ad libitum
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 793576
op. 1/1
for: 4 Solostimmen und Streichorchester
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 793469
Concerto grosso D major
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 782264
D Major
for: 2 Oboen, Fagott, Streichorchester und Basso continuo (Cembalo oder Orgel)
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 783835
from "Musikalisches Opfer"
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784819
for: Chamber orchestra
Single part Viola 1
Item no.: 784800
for: 2 Violinen, Viola, Bassi; Cembalo ad libitum
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784636
for: Cembalo (Orgel) und Streicher
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 784617
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 146731
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 430175
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Single part Bass recorder
Item no.: 624440
Concerto grosso E major
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 782273
op. 21/3
for: Alt-Blockflöte, Violine (Flöte) und Basso continuo
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 784484
for: Strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 350947
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 472144
Stuttgarter Schütz-Edition Volume 12
29 motets for 5 to 7 voices and basso continuo (SWV 369–397)
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 686813
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 338639
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 302863
for: Viola, cello, string orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 272910
for: 2 voices (SA), string orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 428884
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 620924
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 493067
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 458405
for: 4 recorders (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1557621
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 1557559
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1557521