“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.
Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen BWV 988
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 283258
Edited from the autograph and manuscript copies
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 125047
From Organ Sonata No. 4 E minor
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1209890
Part 2: BWV 870-BWV 893
Edition without fingering
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401228
Cantata for the Purification of Mary – Ich habe genung
Original setting in C minor – Vocal score for the version with mezzosoprano solo
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Voice (bass/mezzo-soprano), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 584556
The Bartók Performing Editions
With performance marks, fingering and commentaries for beginners
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 254879
für AATB-Blockflöten
for: 4 recorders (AATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 291531
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 202640
for piano four hands
from the Cantata "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 612090
Klavierauszug
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285406
for: Treble recorder, harpsichord [piano]
Piano score, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 419147
aus "Klavierübung", Teil 3 - Bearbeitung für Violine und Violoncello
for: Violin, cello
Ensemble score
Item no.: 378849
for: Guitar
Item no.: 130834
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 136291
for: Violin
Item no.: 352938
Kantate zum 1. Ostertag
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Sopran solo, Alt solo, Tenor solo, Bass solo, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Zink (ad libitum), Posaunen (3) (ad libitum), Basso continuo, Orgel, Violinen (2), Violen (2)
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 183421
Sätze von Johann Sebastian Bach und Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 353828
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 418035
A Minor
for: Violin
Buch + CD
Item no.: 143865
for: Piano
Item no.: 401232
Transkriptionen für Gitarre
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 682432
with facsimile of the autograph manuscript
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 404403
bearbeitet für zwei Violinen
for: Violinen (2)
Partitur, Stimme (1)
Item no.: 478905
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 298882
original for Violoncello Solo
for: HRN
Sheet music
Item no.: 594208
for: Guitar
Item no.: 214623
Ausgabe für Violine, Oboe (2. Violine) und Klavier
for: Oboe, violin, strings, basso continuo
Piano score, Solo parts
Item no.: 361110
Breitkopf Urtext
for: Oboe, violin, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction, 2 solo parts
Item no.: 216546
Bearbeitung für Klavier
for: Piano
Item no.: 617080
Edited from first editions and manuscript copies
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 125053
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 362641
Bach, Johann Sebastian
Preludes, Toccatas, Fantasias and Fugues II / Early Versions and Variants to I (Volume 5) and II (Volume 6)
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 116768
for: 2 trumpets
Ensemble score, online audio
Item no.: 499376
Cantata for the Trinity Sunday – "O heilges Geist- und Wasserbad"
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revised edition)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, bassoon, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 1676892
Cantata for 24th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 463886
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben · Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, bassoon, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1652941
Cantata for the 8th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 1664528
Cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 voices (SB), oboe d'amore, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 613832
BWV 66
Cantata for the Second Easter Day
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, bassoon, violin solo, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 184795
Kantate zum Sonntag Exaudi
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 470990
Cantata for Reformation Day
Scripture Ps 84
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233293
Six Trio Sonatas and Miscellaneous Trios
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1663978
for: GES-T (B) TRP KLAV
Item no.: 1677260
Aus der Matthäus Passion, BWV 244
Classics
for: 6 saxophones (SSAATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1666684
Choir score
Item no.: 1652944
for: 8 horns
Item no.: 1668607
BWV 1016
for: Violin, piano [harpsichord]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1020846
from Cantata BWV 156
for: Trumpet (B-flat), piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 293980
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