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: Voice (tenor), piano; 2 violins, viola, cello ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 673012
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) [6 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo; instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 603998
for: Voice (alto), 2 orchestras
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388620
for: Guitar
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 658449
for: 2 violins (solos), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 313048
for: Voice (high), 2 violins, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 164050
for: Cello, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 475914
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 409572
Midnight Mass for Christmas
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 662065
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), 3 Violinen, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 234309
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1231
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins [treble recorders], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2599
Christmas Concert
Eulenburg Orchestral Series
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Score, Piano score
Item no.: 358092
nach dem gleichnamigen Kanon
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 759467
New Bach Edition (NBA). II/6
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 185389
Cantio Sacra 7
for: Voice (high), basso continuo
Item no.: 281995
for: Voice (high), basso continuo
Item no.: 281994
Der Lobgesang der Maria
Magnifikat
for: Mixed choir [5 voices] (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 229709
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 173691
for: 3 Klarinetten (B/Es)
Music score
Item no.: 725545
for: Mixed choir, cornett, 3 trombones [strings], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4689
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2359
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4279
for: 4 trumpets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 367087
Musikschätze vergangener Zeiten
Urtext
for: String orchestra; Piano [harpsichord] ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 125252
Diletto Musicale – Doblingers Reihe alter Musik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 619971
for: 2 violins (solos), strings, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 313049
Piano reduction
Item no.: 241834
Edition Schott
for: 2-3 Blockflöten (SA/T); Klavier ad libitum
Ensemble score
Item no.: 729708
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Sheet music
Item no.: 5705
for: 2 flutes [oboes], organ [piano]
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2823
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins [treble recorders], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2754
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 669184
for: Singstimme (S), Streicher, Basso continuo
Continuopartitur, Stimmen
Item no.: 372519
for: 2 treble recorders, basso continuo
Item no.: 313900
Edition Vieweg
(Musikschätze vergangener Zeiten)
for: 2 flutes [oboes], strings, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 242151
for: Piano 6 hands
Item no.: 146492
for: Strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 191522
for: Flöte, Klavier (Cembalo)
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 117439
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 226375
for: Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orgel
Organ reduction
Item no.: 155011
for: 2 Violoncelli and Piano
Book
Item no.: 163518
for: Children's choir (SA) [2 voices], 2 violins [recorders (AA)], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2282
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4003
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3931
for: 2 voices (SB), basso continuo
Score, solo part, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 1101
Piano reduction
Item no.: 609453
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 302773