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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 (low), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 355567
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 617654
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 900381
Cantata for Palm Sunday or for the feast of the Annunciation
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 234004
for: Mixed choir (SSAATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1042891
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 831975
Basic excercises
for: Trumpet
Music lesson book
Item no.: 261259
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 256206
for: Singstimme und Tasteninstrument (Orgel, Cembalo oder Klavier)
Item no.: 1545602
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 868492
Monumentales Marc-Antoine Charpentier
for: Strings, basso continuo
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 1215559
für Soli, Chor und Orchester
Kantate zum Ostersonntag
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 675214
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1177327
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964809
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982894
A Journal on Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Instrumental Music
Book
Item no.: 549802
Continuo Anthems I
Purcell Society Edition 28
for: Voice, basso continuo
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 929225
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1595835
Musica Britannica 105
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 1056869
Cantata for the Purification of Mary
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 683114
Cantata for the feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 683041
Motet
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 226946
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Stuttgarter Telemann-Ausgaben - Urtext
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 226576
Kantate zur Ratswahl 1727 – Rekonstruktion
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (durchgesehene Neuauflage)
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 234062
Cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233979
O be joyful / O frohlocke in dem Herrn (Psalm 100)
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 230570
Klassik
for: Voice (high), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 982691
Kantate zum Trinitatisfest
Stuttgarter Bachausgabe – Urtextausgabe
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, bassoon, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 674492
Cantata for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany BWV 32
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681277
Cantata for the Feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 624178
Cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 voices (SB), oboe d'amore, strings, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613838
Cantata for the 6th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Solo voice (alto), organ (obl.), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 610848
Actus tragicus. Trauermusik
BWV 106
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233630
Jubilate
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232822
Deutsches Nunc dimittis
SWV 432 – 1657
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) [6 voices]; basso continuo ad lib.
Music score (without cover)
Item no.: 232024
aus: Messias (Erster Teil)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Organ reduction
Item no.: 236026
Cantata for Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233943
Cantata for the 18th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bachausgaben
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 771433
Passionskantate
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 114897
for: SATB with SSATBB Soli
Book
Item no.: 930644
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 935070
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 934694
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 610797
Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 485326
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Score, set of parts (strings)
Item no.: 929268
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 905416
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 904509
for: Voice, lute
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 769244