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: 6 soloists (SSATBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 oboes, 2 string orchestras, 2 organs
Single part(n)
Item no.: 424260
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234764
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 234557
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236508
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236364
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236321
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230631
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SSATB), Orchester (Fagott (Violoncello), 2 Violinen, 2 Viole, (3 Violinen, Va), Basso continuo)
Single part(n)
Item no.: 230933
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 230644
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1642653
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, basso continuo
Single part Viola
Item no.: 424730
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 424728
for: Strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424724
for: Orchester (Oboe, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello / Kontrabass, Cembalo)
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424362
for: Frauenchor (SSAA), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Basso continuo)
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424295
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 423962
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Single part(n)
Item no.: 301959
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230606
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230481
Cantata for 25th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797211
Cantata for Easter Sunday
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 769174
for: Harpsichord, strings
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 648596
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 498916
for: Soloist (alto), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421974
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237428
Single part(n)
Item no.: 237426
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236480
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1043123
Urtext Stuttgart Handel Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 779141
Cantata for the 18th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bachausgaben
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 771436
Cantata for the 7th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach–Ausgaben (Urtext)
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 680691
Cantata for a wedding
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 673214
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673171
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 673154
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 642805
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230097
for: 4 soloists (SATB) [selected choir], mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230067
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229789
for: Violin
Single part Violin
Item no.: 229776
for: Violone
Single part Cello
Item no.: 229753
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229751
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229749
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1105851
Coffee Cantata
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 voices (STB), flute, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 691350
for: Oboe
Oboe (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236344
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235272
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234588
for: 4 soloists (SATBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234165