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.
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285546
Weihnachtsoratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 287172
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 367092
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat), organ
Organ score, solo parts
Item no.: 160622
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280797
nach Ps. 96 (Lieder nach Texten des AT (Psalmen u.a.))
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 730064
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 751176
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), narrator, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 463842
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 466247
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 460722
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 275238
for: String orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 920209
for: Voice (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 208417
for: Flute, piano
Score, part
Item no.: 123465
Zeitschrift für Spielmusik
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 144505
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 343408
Edition Schott
for: 2-3 Blockflöten (SA/T); Klavier ad libitum
Score, Parts
Item no.: 748652
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 217336
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1338533
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 280447
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 262764
for: 2 recorders, piano
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 413597
for mixed chorus (SSATB) and chamber ensemble
set of instrumental parts (strings 4-4-0-4)
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), string orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 683512
Set of parts
Item no.: 291301
for: 2 GES-H (TT) GES-M (BAR) 2 VL BC
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 120414
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 279038
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285527
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2500
for: Organ (manuals) [harpsichord]
Item no.: 241626
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 562042
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 194934
Concerto in Festo Nativ. Christi (Weihnachten)
Nr. 2 aus 'Gottgefällige Music-Freude - 1723
for: Voice (soprano), trumpet (C), organ [piano]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1671494
from the Christmas Oratorio
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 673253
Als der Sohn geboren war
Weihnachtsmotette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; soloists, 2 trumpets ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 637915
for: SA soli, SSA , Keyboard [Organ or Piano] or Orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1005120
from Cantata Nor. 1
for: Unison Choir and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1664568
Mitternachtsmesse zu Weihnachten
Urtext-Ausgabe – Musique sacrée française
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 678030
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 371393
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 609657
Puer Natus In Bethlehem
for: 2 viole da gamba
Item no.: 456592
for: Alto Voice, String Ensemble and Basso Continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 469188
Ensemble Ad Libitum 55
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 620727
für Sopran, Alt, Bass, (gem Chor), 2 Violinen, Fagott und Bc
Partitur und Stimmen
for: SOLOGESANG (INCL. MEHRERE SOLOSTIMMEN) DREI SINGSTIMMEN DREI SINGSTIMMEN MIT KAMMERENSEMBLE (MEHRERE INSTR.)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 223939
pour clavecin (orgue) facsimile
for: Piano
Item no.: 644270
for: SATB soli, SATB, Instruments
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1038813
Kantate zum 3. Weihnachtsfesttag (Urfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 233897
for: Male choir
Item no.: 187047
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 233440