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: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171480
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 170307
(Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 169343
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 873918
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 366629
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 871661
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 657622
Kantate zum 1. Ostertag (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 295907
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), strings, basso continuo; 4 soloists (SSAA) ad lib.
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690721
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), strings, basso continuo; 4 soloists (SSAA) ad lib.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690720
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), strings, basso continuo; 4 soloists (SSAA) ad lib.
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690713
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 644625
for: Viola
Single part Viola
Item no.: 644601
for: Cello, strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 636809
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 362439
for: Harpsichord, strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 648598
Single part viola 2
Item no.: 882856
for: 3 voices (SSB) [mixed choir], 2 violins, bassoon, basso continuo
Single part Cello [Basso continuo]
Item no.: 766611
for: String orchestra
Single part
Item no.: 447203
for: String orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 461731
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 729428
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 729395
for: 4 soloists (SATBar), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234163
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234102
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233959
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233772
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233407
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday after Epiphany
BWV 72
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233208
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232729
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Single part(n)
Item no.: 232606
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232532
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 613039
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 424370
for: 6 soloists (SSATBB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 oboes, 2 string orchestras, 2 organs
Single part(n)
Item no.: 338519
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234770
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 string orchestras
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234756
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 string orchestras
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234753
for: Violin
Single part Violin
Item no.: 234556
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 490289
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424970
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235255
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234697
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234650
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234597
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234153
Cantata for the 21st Sunday after Trinity – Ich glaube, lieber Herr, hilf meinem Unglauben
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben – revised edition 2017
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233667
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233645
Cantata for the 10th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232969