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: Violin, oboe d'amore [oboe], basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 194638
for: Flöte, Viola da gamba / Viola / Violoncello, Basso continuo
Continuopartitur, Stimmen
Item no.: 335080
for: 2 oboes, strings
Score
Item no.: 226907
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 617715
for: 2 oboes [flutes/recorders (AT)]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1096
for: Violin [treble recorder/flute/oboe], basso continuo
Score, parts, audio files
Item no.: 2872
Four and Four for Organ 1
for: Organ [harpsichord/ piano] four hand
Ensemble score
Item no.: 160919
Sämtliche Werke für Clavierinstrumente Band 2
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 487101
Transcription for Guitar
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 739799
Collegium Musicum - Kölner Reihe Alter Musik
for: Violin, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 620622
for: Voices, instruments
Music score
Item no.: 777345
for: Voice, guitar
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 780533
for: Harpsichord [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 773423
Edition Schott
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 748841
for: Oboe, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 603288
according to the fantasias for flauto traverso solo TWV 40:2-13
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 117280
Organ Chorales from Miscellaneous Sources
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 482113
Reconstructed from BWV 169, 49, 1053
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Viola, strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 205808
for: Treble recorder, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 419700
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Item no.: 418879
for: Flöten (2), Violine, Oboe, Basso continuo
Spielpartitur, Stimmensatz
Item no.: 196208
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 329614
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon (wind quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 679552
for: Bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 621608
for Trumpet (Clarino), 2 Oboes, Strings and Continuo
First Edition
for: Trumpet (D), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 109182
for: Oboe, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 109125
for: 2 voices (SA), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 244767
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 690102
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 200477
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 378339
for: Viola, piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 658093
from L'Estro Armonico
for: Violin, string orchestra, organ
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 610184
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Item no.: 485445
Preludes, Toccatas, Fantasias and Fugues I
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116767
for: Guitar
Item no.: 348401
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 217021
for: Violin [flute], viola da gamba [cello], harpsichord [piano]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 255284
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 137009
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 109013
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Item no.: 609150
25 works
Schott Anthology Series
for: Flute; piano ad lib.
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 637001
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 579897
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 299756
for: Mixed choir (SAATTB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 284037
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 186332
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Klavierauszug vokal, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 489945
Cravistas Portuguezes
Volume 2
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 288886
for: 3 violins, viola, cello, double bass
Score
Item no.: 281709