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 soprano and continuo op. 8 no. 4
for: Voice (soprano), basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 605018
Pegasus-Ausgabe
for: Flute, violin, bassoon, basso continuo
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 419079
Heft 4
for: Treble recorder [violin], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 418218
Heft 3
for: Treble recorder [violin], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 418217
L'arte del flauto
for: Flute, piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 418119
Aurea Amadeus 261
for: 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 483928
for: 2 guitars
Item no.: 487706
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Item no.: 103559
for: 2 VL VIOLONE BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 378028
Gyoergy Geiger Erlebnis Trompete 20
for: Trumpet, harp [piano]
Item no.: 157680
Geistliches Konzert aus "Musikalischer Seelenfriede"
Heft 20
for: Voice (bass/alto), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 385587
for: Singstimme (S), Violine, Basso continuo
Item no.: 553962
Aurea Amadeus 103
for: 2 ABFL (FL) 2 OB 2 VL BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 330670
Für 2 Chalumeau (Klarinetten), 2 Hörner und Fagott
for: 2 clarinets, 2 horns, bassoon
Score, Parts
Item no.: 660653
Für Klavier oder Cembalo. Erstmalig veröffentlicht von A. Kranz
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Item no.: 418879
Oratorio a quattro con istromenti
Musiche italiane del Settecento. Fondazione Arcadia IV
for: Voices, instruments
Music score
Item no.: 777345
bearbeitet für Holzbläserquartett
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 656675
Miserere, Benedictus, Dies irae
Série IV: Motets, Volume 3
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 668206
from around 1700
The Göttweig manuscript HS 4806
Complete Edition – Volume 2
for: Viola d'amore, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 664889
for: GES-T (A) 2 ABFL BC
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 413581
für 1-3 Instrumente und Bc
Partitur und Stimmen in 4 Bänden (Bc nicht ausgesetzt)
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 483452
Keyboard Woks Part, 4
Suites and Variations
for: Harpsichord
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 765791
for: Voice, guitar
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 780533
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 679552
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1017143
1. Präludium
for: 2 marimbas
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1563655
for: 2 cellos, piano
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 404364
für Violine (Zink) und Bc (Bc nicht ausgesetzt)
for: Violin, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661315
op. 26
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1629123
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 161301
A Lament
aus: Diporti di Euterpe op. 7
for: Voice (soprano), basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 492150
Erstausgabe
for: Viola da gamba, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 175767
for: 4 recorders (ATTB)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 245694
for: 2 violas
Book
Item no.: 163243
Collegium Musicum - Kölner Reihe Alter Musik
for: Violin, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 620622
for: 2 TRP PK ORG
Score, Parts
Item no.: 136588
for: Viola da gamba
Music score
Item no.: 766916
for: Piano [harpsichord/organ]
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 365753
Der Choralsatz als musikalisches Kunstwerk
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 407110
Kurtzweilig Quotlibet aus "Libro delle Pavane..."
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 419059
Easy chamber musi from the 16th, 17th and 8th century
for: 3 recorders (SAT)
Ensemble score (anthology)
Item no.: 418917
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 427584
for: 2 guitars
Score
Item no.: 492364
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 193810
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 230120
for: CEMB (ORG MAN/KLAV)
Score
Item no.: 202413
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 378339
from around 1700
The Göttweig manuscript HS 4806
Complete Edition – Volume 4
for: Viola d'amore, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 664888