“Music owes as much to Bach as religion to its founder.” Robert Schumann
It is astounding how abundant and inexhaustible are his works. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) is more than the epitome of baroque music, and one wonders how a single person could accomplish so much in one lifetime. Show others the brilliance of Bach through Stretta!
After a number of engagements as an organist, in which he often confused more than supported parishes with his improvisational skills and harmonic experiments, in 1708, J. S. Bach was appointed Court Organist & Chamber Musician by the Duke of Saxony-Weimar. It was during this period that he composed most of his organ music. In 1714 he was promoted to Concert Master of the Court Orchestra, and one of his duties was to compose weekly cantatas for the Sunday Service, laying the foundations for the 300 or more Bach Cantatas, of which around 200 remain. For his next position, as Kapellmeister to the Prince of Anhalt-Köthen from 1717, Bach’s role no longer required him to compose sacred music, so it was here that many of any his instrumental works were developed, including The Brandenburg Concertos.
With his last role as Cantor of St. Thomas in 1723, Bach held his first and only official position working for the city, the city of Leipzig. He was responsible for the music at the four main churches in Leipzig, and he taught at St. Thomas’ Boarding School. The St. Thomas’ Boys’ Choir is still one of the most important, and traditional boys’ choirs in the world today. In his final years, despite his steadily declining sight, Bach still created works that are the sum, and pinnacle of counterpoint, such as The Musical Sacrifice or the The Art of Fugue.
As was common in the 18th century, Bach’s works were quickly forgotten after his death. People were only concerned with new music. It was Bach’s sons, and his successors at St Thomas’, who preserved his memory. Composers of the First Viennese School, like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, especially admired Bach’s counterpoint, and learned a great deal from him. In the 19th century Bach Renaissance, the St. Matthew Passion was famously rediscovered, and performed in Berlin in 1829 by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Another important milestone was the first complete edition of Bach’s works, which was created between 1850-1899. Today’s “New Bach Edition” was published between 1954-2007 by Bärenreiter and has become the authoritative Bach edition. The Original Manuscript of Bach’s B Minor Mass was declared a UNESCO World Document Heritage in 2015.
Johann Sebastian Bach came from a long line of musicians, whose family dated back centuries. Four of his sons continued this tradition, also becoming composers, ending up in London and Milan. With their works, they bridge the gap between baroque and classical music.
from Suite No. 3
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722311
Choralbearbeitung, BWV 668
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1104
from the Orchestral Suite No. 3
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 726043
Choralbearbeitung, BWV 691a
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1050
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726000
aus der Kantate BWV 140
bearbeitet für Altsaxophon und Orgel
for: Alto saxophone, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2810
aus der Kantate "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147
bearbeitet für Violine (Oboe) und Klavier
for: Violin [oboe], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1836
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 722496
Choralvorspiel, BWV 639
Klaviertranskription von Feruccio Busoni
for: Piano
Sheet music, audio file
Item no.: 2398
Edition Schott
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 748841
Choral aus der Kantate "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1412
Arrangement 'en forme de burlesque' of the last movement of the Suite for orchestra in B minor, BWV 1067
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 750640
BWV 788
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1351139
Movements by Johann Sebastian Bach and Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 741329
BWV 961
for: 2 oboes [flutes/recorders (AT)]
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1096
from: J. S. Bach, Concerto for Harpsichord (after Marcello) BWV 974
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 722197
Arie aus der Matthäus-Passion
for: Voice (alto), piano
Music score
Item no.: 760457
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 731380
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 737110
No. 6
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 759311
Cantata for Bass
for: Bass und Cembalo (Klavier)
Music score
Item no.: 748834
aus der Kantate "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147
bearbeitet für Trompete (Klarinette) und Klavier
for: Trumpet (B-flat) [clarinet], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1835
Choralvorspiel, BWV 721
a 2 Clav. e Pedale
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3368
for: Choral
Item no.: 1374735
Bach-Choral
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1543357
Choralbearbeitung, BWV 645
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1106
BWV 565
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1215
aus der Pfingstkantate BWV 68 "Also hat Gott die Welt geliebet"
for: Voice (alto), piano
Music score
Item no.: 760348
BWV 1002
for: Soprano saxophone [alto saxophone]
Music score
Item no.: 731703
Edited and provided with fingering by Henryk Szeryng
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 756759
aus der Kantate BWV 106 ("Actus tragicus")
for: 2 treble recorders [flutes], organ [piano]
Score, parts, audio file (pdf/mp3 download)
Item no.: 1730
Air aus der Orchester-Suite D-Dur BWV 1068
Orgeltranskription von Sigfried Karg-Elert
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4002
aus der Kantate "Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe", BWV 156
bearbeitet für Violoncello und Orgel
for: Cello, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3157
from: Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 733232
aus der Orchestersuite Nr. 3, BWV 1068
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1029
Choral aus der Kantate "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ reduction, choir score (pdf download)
Item no.: 3027
Choral aus der Kantate "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147
für Horn und Orgel
for: Horn (F), organ
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2974
BWV 659
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat), organ [piano]
Sheet music, audio file
Item no.: 1411
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 727417
Classics for Saxophone
for: 2 saxophones
Ensemble score
Item no.: 761332
for: 2 pianos
Sheet music
Item no.: 1381843
Choralvorspiel, BWV 721
bearbeitet für Trompete und Orgel
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat), organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3365
for: 2 guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 780237
God's time is the best
for: 4 Solostimmen, Chor und Kammerorchester
Study score
Item no.: 737070
Choralvorspiel, BWV 645
Klaviertranskription von Feruccio Busoni
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3518
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1209476
BWV 902
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1052
nach dem Oboenkonzert von Alessandro Marcello
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 759753
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