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: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 865438
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 564885
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663111
for: Melody instrument, piano
Music score (piano accompaniment)
Item no.: 481949
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1612000
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 425284
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 143760
for: 4 brass instruments
Score, ensemble scores
Item no.: 644619
for: 2 GCH (SATB SATB) BC
Choir score
Item no.: 115277
for: Cello, Kontrabass, Basso continuo
Stimme
Item no.: 334061
for: 2 Flöten, Alt-Querflöte und Bass-Querflöte
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1352090
for: Voice (soprano), trumpet, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 641868
for: 1. Blockflöte
Stimme
Item no.: 294654
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1612001
for: PICC-Trompete, (A/C/G) Orgel
Item no.: 367362
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Performance score for winds
Item no.: 116872
for: Viola
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 171293
for: Organ
Spielpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 117286
Sacred cantata
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 869359
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (piano reduction)
Item no.: 274601
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279230
for: Unison Voices, Keyboard [Organ or Piano]
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1037740
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 477458
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 137045
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat), organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 418406
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 215754
for: 4 TRP, Pauken, gemischter Chor Orgel
Score
Item no.: 433765
for: Singstimme, Instrument
Singpartitur, Spielpartitur
Item no.: 196027
for: Voice, brass band
Sheet music
Item no.: 686130
for: Trumpet [cornet/flugelhorn], concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671769
for: Bassoon, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596919
for: Flute, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596906
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: 5 Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 737251
Christmas Concerto
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 740269
Actus musicus auf Weih-Nachten (Luk. 2, 1-20)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Choir score
Item no.: 748348
for: String orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596600
for: 3 Klarinetten (B/Es)
Music score
Item no.: 758678
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279127
(John 3, 16)
for: gemischter Chor (SSATTB, 1. Tenor kann vom Alt übernommen werden)
Choir score
Item no.: 751577
for: Voice (soprano), 2 recorders (AA), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3563
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3559
for: Mixed choir (SATB), basso continuo; oboe, 2 violins, viola ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4156
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 3 violins, viola da gamba [cello], basso continuo
Piano reduction (pdf download)
Item no.: 1701
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo; 5 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2455
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 2443
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano [organ] ad lib.
Sheet music
Item no.: 2421
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3322