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.
Reconstruction by Klaus Hofmann
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1316878
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811648
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 608506
for: Voice (soprano)
DVD, 2 CDs
Item no.: 625572
Cantata for the Sunday after New Year
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 voices (SB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233001
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 280143
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Music score
Item no.: 1031854
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 672415
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 493620
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 334118
Easy concert pieces in first position
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 198016
for: Youth string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 466346
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1163198
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 775228
for: Treble recorder [flute/violin], basso continuo
Piano score, solo part (anthology)
Item no.: 246110
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1584401
for: Soloist (high), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 892588
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 888894
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB), organ
Score
Item no.: 322164
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 1155577
for: Trumpet
Music score
Item no.: 971739
Cantata for the Purification of Mary – Ich habe genung (Version for solo soprano)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Voice (soprano), flute, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 363435
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 774749
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Score (with critical report)
Item no.: 685493
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 687658
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 642293
for: 2 violins
Sheet music
Item no.: 1646546
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 197438
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 661348
for: Guitar ensemble
Buch
Item no.: 638512
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 212496
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 145638
"Coffee Cantata"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 voices (STB), flute, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 444403
for: Piano; voice ad lib.
Songbook
Item no.: 613855
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 649536
Edited from the sources and provided with Notes on Interpretation
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Violin, basso continuo
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 606980
for: Piano
Music score, CD
Item no.: 637048
Oratorio in three parts
for: Soloists (SAATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 196741
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285400
Soprano, Volume 3
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 669871
from Lakmé
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722292
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday in Advent (Reconstruction)
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 675044
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 1565926
Oratorio in three acts HWV 70
Hallische Händel-Ausgabe (HHA) I/30
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 619134
Oratorio in three acts
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 584023
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 373395
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 425580
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 168121