“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.
Geistliche Kompositionen
for: Brass ensemble
Score
Item no.: 302075
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 101265
Choral aus der Kantate BWV 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"
for: Flute, piano
Item no.: 566015
Kantate zum 4. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Piano reduction
Item no.: 606575
for: Piano 6 hands
Music score
Item no.: 295214
Gitarrenmusik Fuer Den Unterricht
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Item no.: 216063
Autograph Facimile with all lost Sections
BWV 846-BWV869
for: Piano
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 676476
Kantate zum 1. Advent
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 246274
for: Alto saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1216052
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 613072
for: 2 Violinen, Viola, 2 Violoncelli, Violone, Orgel, Querflöte und Fagott
Conductor score
Item no.: 580119
Neue Bearbeitungen
for: Viola
Item no.: 109003
Schott Piano Classics
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 756887
for: 2 trumpets, 2 trombones (quartet)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 389320
'Lutheran Mass'
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116780
Edition Schott
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 356081
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 761606
Faksimile-Ausgabe (Facsimile)
for: FAKSIMILE
FAKSIMILE
Item no.: 307197
arrangiert für Klavier
Bearbeitung in einfacher Version
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 630493
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score
Item no.: 732887
aus der Orchestersuite Nr. 3BWV 1068
for: Clarinet (B-flat), piano
Item no.: 614657
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1049595
The Recorder Orchestra
for: Recorder orchestra
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 694733
String Solo
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 395173
Em
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1554191
Klavierausgabe (ohne Solostimme)
for: Flute, piano
Piano score
Item no.: 666452
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 636538
Part 2: BWV 870-BWV 893
Edition without fingering
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1701339
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 382577
aus der Kantate BWV 208 B-Dur
mit Stimmen in B und C
for: Trumpet, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 310603
Bearbeitung für Männerchor
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 477577
The Paul Edmund-Davies Performing Edition
for: Flute, basso continuo
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 132082
Organ Chorales from the Neumeister Collection
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 675567
transcribed and edited for saxophone
for: Saxophone
Spielbuch
Item no.: 1548960
Flöte, Oboe, Klarinette und Fagott
Partitur und Stimmen
for: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 563719
for: 2 descant recorders
Ensemble score
Item no.: 354119
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 383106
for: Organ
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 693692
Arranged for Keyboard
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 464148
Stuttgarter Bach–Ausgaben – Urtext
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 632310
für Flöte solo
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 200334
for: 2 violins
Sheet music
Item no.: 1646515
Bearbeitung für zwei Flöten
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 130803
Part 1: BWV 846-869
Edition without fingering
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 560791
für Alt-Saxophon und Klavier oder Orgel
for: Alto saxophone, piano [organ]
Item no.: 333314
for four Double Basses
Bassiona Amorosa
for: 4 double basses (double bass quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 183624
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 189403
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 168596
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