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.
Christmas Concerto
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 740269
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 748348
for: String orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596600
for: 3 Klarinetten (B/Es)
Music score
Item no.: 758678
(John 3, 16)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATTB, 1. Tenor kann vom Alt übernommen werden)
Choir score
Item no.: 751577
for: Voice (soprano), 2 recorders (AA), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3563
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3559
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo; oboe, 2 violins, viola ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4156
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 3 violins, viola da gamba [cello], basso continuo
Piano reduction (pdf download)
Item no.: 1701
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo; 5 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2455
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2443
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano [organ] ad lib.
Sheet music
Item no.: 2421
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3322
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SSATB), 2 trumpets, bassoon, string orchestra [wind ensembles], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 234355
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1554991
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685598
from "Magnificat" (First Version)
for: Alt, 2 Alt-Blockflöten und Basso continuo; Violoncello ad libitum
Score, Parts
Item no.: 743978
for: 3 recorders (SSA)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413717
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar/AATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 472407
Auszug aus der Kantate "O quanta in coelis laetitia exuberat"
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Music score
Item no.: 738476
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751409
(Urtext)
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 181769
for: Soli SATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Blockflöten (3), Oboen (2), Tl, Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337515
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 315285
Singt und klingt
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 746933
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), string orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 683503
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 562826
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 290823
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 171758
for: Soli SST (A) Tuba, Chor ST (A) Tuba, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 1587079
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 128705
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 346358
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 273738
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 188608
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 678030
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 605253
for: Unison Voices, Keyboard [Organ or Piano]
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1037740
for: SA soli, SSA , Keyboard [Organ or Piano] or Orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1005120
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663111
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 233078
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1167535
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 867112
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 865438
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1612000
for: GCH (SSATTB) 2 VL 2 VDG 2 BFL 2 TRP 2 POS BC
Score
Item no.: 336245
Kantate zum 1. Advent
aus der Notenbibliothek von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 234528
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 137045
for: Vocal Score SSATB
Choir score
Item no.: 317733