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: Mixed choir (SATTB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 309653
for: GCH (ST)
Score
Item no.: 309602
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Item no.: 1345968
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 343029
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1543987
for: 2 pianos
Music score
Item no.: 161418
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421464
Feast of the Annunciation
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1667817
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Item no.: 128769
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1, 2
Item no.: 135248
Christmas Concert
Eulenburg Orchestral Series
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1672008
Christmas Choruses and Solos
for: Violin, Viola and Cello and Double Bass
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1115182
Arie aus dem Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248
for: Piccolo trumpet, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1018882
Weihnachtsmusik für gem Chor, 2 Violinen und Bc Violoncello/Kontrabass
In Nativitate Christi
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 655845
Kantate zum Sonntag Estomihi
für Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Oboe, Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 233939
Musique sacrée française
for: Mixed choir (SATTB), baroque orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 687549
for: Mixed choir (SATB), brass winds
Item no.: 160532
for: Small wind band
Item no.: 153596
Die berühmte Pastorale von Bach instrumentiert für Streichorchester
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 656100
Urtext/Erstdruck
Edition Vieweg (Musikschätze vergangener Zeiten)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 343736
Urtext/Erstdruck
Edition Vieweg (Musikschätze vergangener Zeiten)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 343735
for: Organ
Item no.: 341353
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 377364
Chorsaetze Alter Meister 161
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Item no.: 373910
Feast of the Annunciation
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232698
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234336
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 229858
for: GES-H (S/T) 2 OB (+ 2 VL) BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 578294
per quattro cori
zwei Posaunenstimmen (Tenore Coro III und Tenore Coro IV)
for: 6 soloists (SSATTB), 3 mixed choirs (SATB, SSAT, ATBarB), instruments colla parte, basso continuo
2 single parts
Item no.: 424808
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Trumpet 2
Item no.: 175999
für Soli, gem Chor und Instrumente
Stimmensatz
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG GEISTLICH EINZELN
Item no.: 326204
Cantatas IV–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1215621
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Voice (soprano)
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 904116
Orgue Et Liturgie 78
for: Organ (manuals)
Item no.: 331500
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 146214
for: String orchestra
Stimmen-Set (2/2/2/3)
Item no.: 292121
Edition Vieweg (Musikschätze vergangener Zeiten)
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 292120
Christmas cantata HoWV II.13
– Graduated prices on request –
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 772198
Kantate zum Sonntag Estomihi
Harmoniestimmen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233932
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 679023
Magnifikat
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230778
MH 72
Chorpartitur
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 237796
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 582248
Stimmet an den Lobgesang
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232205
“Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit“
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 230449
Dialog und Verkündigung
Set of parts
Item no.: 229806
for: Mixed choir, piano
Score
Item no.: 199948