“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.
Übertragung für Viola solo
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 228730
for piano duet
The Walsh Collection
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 150976
Fourth Part of the Clavier Übung
with Fingerings
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 622174
(Urtext)
for: Viola da gamba, harpsichord
Item no.: 383713
for: 2 pianos 8 hands
Music score
Item no.: 659771
bearbeitet für Cembalo
for: Harpsichord
Music score
Item no.: 671306
Festliche Musik zur Hochzeit für Orgel solo 7
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 278821
Arrangement for Piano
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663229
BWV 870-893
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401125
Classics for Saxophone
for: Saxophone
Music score
Item no.: 140186
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392137
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 374559
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (Version in a minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 144612
Cantata for the Sunday Septuagesim
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 217133
Easiest Piano Pieces
Easy Composer Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 632994
Passio secundum Joannem BWV 245 - Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Fassung IV (1749) mit der unvollendeten Revision 1739 im Anhang
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 346649
The Bartók Performing Editions
for: Piano
Music lesson book
Item no.: 686828
Instructive edition in German-English-French-Italian
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 284294
Jubilate
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232820
Original Works and Arrangements
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 612201
"Actus tragicus"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 167439
Cantata for the feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 673189
Kommt, eilet und laufet
Parodie der weltlichen Kantate "Entfliehet, verschwindet, entweichet, ihr Sorgen" BWV 249a
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 349754
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben · Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, bassoon, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233890
Clavierübung III / Schübler-Chorales / Canonische Veränderungen
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 561479
Three-Part Inventions
BWV 787-801
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 284506
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
from Mendelssohn to Brahms
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 868543
Choral Nr. 6 und Nr. 10 der Kantate BWV 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo; oboe ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 464812
Edition Berliner Bach Akademie
for: Viola, piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 658093
for: Treble recorder, harpsichord
Ensemble score, solo part
Item no.: 419151
Aus der Kantate "Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis" - BWV 21
for: Singstimme (hoch), Oboe / Flöte / Violine, Orgel
Orgelpartitur, Stimmen
Item no.: 169258
Toccatas and Fugues / Individual Works
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition), online media
Item no.: 577764
– Price reduction possible for orders of larger quantities –
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 212829
for: harpsichord [organ/piano]
Book
Item no.: 583679
Transkription der Partita für Soloflöte a-moll BWV 1013
Partita d-moll gordonkára
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 217021
BWV 988
for: Guitar
Item no.: 277890
ars instrumentalis 020
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 109012
from Partita no. 2 d minor
Arrangement for Piano, left Hand by Johannes Brahms
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679821
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 417835
Preludes, Toccatas, Fantasias and Fugues I
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116767
für 2 Violinen und Basso continuo
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 378765
with marked and unmarked string parts
Fingering and bowing for Violoncello: Reiner Ginzel
for: Cello
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 310647
in der Folge des Autographs
for: Organ
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 378536
for Baritone Sax
for: Baritone saxophone
Music score
Item no.: 689530
Universal Querflöten Edition
for: 2 flutes, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 179737
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 326400
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