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.
für Sopran, Chor, 2 Trompeten, 2 Violinen, Baß und Pauken
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 334466
Item no.: 610804
Ausgabe Butz
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 428868
Buch
Item no.: 252175
Shawnee Press
for: 3 woodwinds (trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 1122820
Musique sacrée française
for: Mixed choir (SATTB), baroque orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 687548
Praetorius: Gott, heilger Schöpfer aller Stern - Vittoria: Ave Maria - Vulpius: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland - Bonitz: O Heiland, reiß die Himmel auf
Edition Schultheiss
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 293271
per quattro cori
Chorpartitur für Chöre I und II
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SSAT, ATBarB), instruments colla parte, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 424691
Cantatas IV–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1215620
Instrumental Accompaniment Set
Set of parts
Item no.: 1058766
Geistliche Gesangsmusik 28~Organum Reihe 1
for: Viola
Item no.: 425951
Weihnachtskantate
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236163
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 236103
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236045
Kantate zum 3. Weihnachtsfesttag (Urfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233901
Kantate zum 3. Weihnachtsfesttag (Urfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233899
Kantate zum 3. Weihnachtsfesttag (Urfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233898
Stimmet an den Lobgesang
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232207
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 232151
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Chor 2, Instrument 4
Item no.: 661216
Weihnachtskantate
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Violoncello / Kontrabass, Harfe ad lib, Basso continuo)
Single part Organ
Item no.: 424886
Weihnachtskantate
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Violoncello / Kontrabass, Harfe ad lib, Basso continuo)
Choir score
Item no.: 424880
for: Organ
Item no.: 217231
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Flute 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681833
Single part Violin
Item no.: 861684
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 955705
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 171274
arr. from the "Christmas Concerto"
for: Sopran-, Alt- und Tenor-Blockflöte (Violine)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 748825
Christmas Concerto
for: 2 Violinen, Violoncello, Streichorchester und Cembalo
Einzelstimme Violine II (solo und rip.)
Item no.: 784784
Christmas Concerto
for: 2 Violinen, Violoncello, Streichorchester und Cembalo
Einzelstimme Violine II solo/rip.
Item no.: 756678
for: ORG (+ GES/INST)
Item no.: 577473
BuxWV 52
Einzelstimme Vc.
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234320
Flute 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 280416
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232504
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1551785
for: Soli, Gemischter Chor, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 1355815
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234739
BuxWV 52
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234319
Single part Organ
Item no.: 293448
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 233439
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 343029
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1345968
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1543987
for: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 309653
for: GCH (ST)
Score
Item no.: 309602
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421464
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 631378
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; Glockenspiel [triangle] ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 777032