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.
Choral Cantata
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, violone, basso continuo
Viola da gamba, Cello [basso continuo] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 766996
for: 3 voices (SSB) [mixed choir], 2 violins, bassoon, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 766609
for: Cello
Single part Cello
Item no.: 430368
for: Violin
Single part
Item no.: 443608
for: Strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 644632
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421699
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 883002
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), strings, basso continuo; 4 soloists (SSAA) ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690711
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384705
for: VL (OB) 2
Single part
Item no.: 384499
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 384497
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384238
for: Youth string orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373626
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 296066
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 294151
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189986
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1161044
Motet
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); instruments ad lib.
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 478732
from the "Eight symphonies"
Dilletto Musicale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689734
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 770591
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 485549
for: Violin
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 365966
for: Voices, string orchestra, basso continuo
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672903
from the "Eight symphonies"
Dilletto Musicale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689741
from the "Eight symphonies"
Dilletto Musicale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689682
for: Violin
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 295072
for: Strings, basso continuo
Single part Viola
Item no.: 354972
for: Violoncello (Tenor-Saxophon) und Orchester
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 107875
for: VC (FAG/VIOLONE)
Single part(n)
Item no.: 421820
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421818
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421806
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421749
for: Flute, strings, basso continuo
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 421731
for: Flute, strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421727
for: Violin
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421701
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 104241
for: Violin, piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421655
for: Flute, orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421626
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421615
for: Flute, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421604
for: Flute, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421602
for: Harpsichord
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 421594
for: Harpsichord
Single part(n)
Item no.: 421586
for: Violin
Single part
Item no.: 421560
for: Violin
Single part
Item no.: 421558
Single part
Item no.: 421545
for: VL 4 SOLO
Single part
Item no.: 421473
for: Violin
Single part
Item no.: 421470