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: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234817
Weihnachtskantate. Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235634
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 605600
aus: Magnificat
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235548
MH 72
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 237799
Christmas cantata HoWV II.13
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 772201
Christmas motet
Cantus firmus "From Heaven Above"
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 773081
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233445
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229783
Weihnachtskonzert über "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich"
für Sopranblockflöte (Oboe), ein oder zwei Violinen, Orgel oder Cembalo und Violoncello ad lib.
for: Descant recorder [oboe], 1–2 violins, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231109
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 voices (TT), strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 366523
Weihnachtskantate
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (Trombetta, Cornettto, 2 Violinen, 2 Violen, Basso continuo)
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424420
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 385358
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 385356
ZWV 108
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235221
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 236110
for: Voice (alto) [choir], 2 trumpets, 4 trombones, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229887
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 679027
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 679022
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1355399
Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 3 recorders, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 499163
Offertory for Christmas
First edition
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Trombone 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 688076
Christmas Concerto
for: 2 Violinen, Violoncello, Streichorchester und Cembalo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784833
for: Salon orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 276005
for: gemischter Chor (SATB), Soli (TTB oder SSB), Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 243231
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 580571
for: 2 flutes, orchestra
Single part Flute 1
Item no.: 189829
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 587236
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233443
for: 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231611
Weihnachtskantate
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Cello [Basso continuo]
Item no.: 169904
for: Mixed choir (SSB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 582342
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 677215
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229780
for: Solo (B), gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Violinen, Basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424570
Weihnachtsoffertorium
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 344262
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 473287
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233442
Weihnachtskonzert über "Lobt Gott, ihr Christen alle gleich"
für Sopranblockflöte (Oboe), ein oder zwei Violinen, Orgel oder Cembalo und Violoncello ad lib.
for: Descant recorder [oboe], 1–2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231108
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234816
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232188
"Wir seynd geg'n euch wahrhafte Freund" - Kantate
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 104275
“Es begab sich aber zu der Zeit“
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230451
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 781074
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 781071
Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 3 recorders, 2 oboes, cor anglais, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo, organ
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 499166
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229595
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 679026