“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.
Cantata for New Year
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233856
Cantata for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233789
Kantate zum Ratswechsel in Leipzig
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 233770
Kantate zum 3. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233701
Kantate zum 3. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233700
Kantate zum 9. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233618
Kantate zum Sonntag Misericordias Domini
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233607
Bestimmung unbekannt
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233513
Kantate zum 16. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233487
Cantata for the Sunday of Septuagesimae
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233459
Cantata for the Sunday of Septuagesimae
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233458
Kantate zum 22. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233420
Kantate zum 5. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233406
Kantate zum Sonntag Rogate
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 233380
BWV 80; Kantate zum Reformationsfest
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Oboe 3
Item no.: 233321
Kantate zum Ratswechsel
Umgestaltung der gleichnamigen Kantate zum 12. Sonntag nach Trinitatis BWV 69a
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 233155
Kantate zum Sonntag Quasimodogeniti
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233125
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233041
Cantata for the 24th Sunday after Trinity
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233032
Cantata for the 10th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 232970
Cantata for Ascension Day
BWV 37
STUTTGARTER BACH AUSGABEN
URTEXT
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232928
Cantata for the 14th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben · Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232829
Easter Monday
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 232777
Set of parts
Item no.: 232472
Himmelfahrt
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1689328
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931544
Southern Music
Single part Clarinet
Item no.: 925685
Bassoon and Clarinet Quartet
for: Bassoon and Clarinet Quartet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 829510
aus dem Brandenburgischen Konzert Nr. 2BWV 1047
for: Alt- und Tenor-Blockflöte und Klavier (Cembalo)
Item no.: 355444
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 218392
Applause
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 887156
Southern Music
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 927142
Piano Accompaniment
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 923335
for: Voice (bass), violin, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 430936
Klassik
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 1111850
for: Brass band
Item no.: 474164
after BWV 593
Copy on request
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello, strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 765386
Kantate zum 1. Pfingsttag
C-Dur BWV 172 (1714)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 797962
Cantata for 25th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 797208
Cantata for the 8th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 774850
Motette
for: Choir
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1336748
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
CD
Item no.: 1209711
for: Soli, Gemischter Chor (SATB), SATB, Sopran solo in ripieno (Cantus-firmus-Chor für Sopran), Orchester (2): I: Blockflöten (2), Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Oboe d'amore (2), Oboe da caccia (2), Violinen (2), Viola, Cello, Kontrabass, Gambe, Obligate Orgel, II: Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Oboe d'amore (2), Violinen (2), Viola, Gambe, Cello, Kontrabass, Obligate Orgel
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1337045
for: Soli SSATB, Chor SSAATTBB, Flöten (2), Oboen (3), Oboe d'amore (2), Fagotte (2), Horn, Trompeten (3), Pauke, Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1337012
Kantate zum 4. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 644865
Cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 voices (SB), oboe d'amore, strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690027
Cantata for the Feast of John the Baptist
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 687573
Cantata for the Sunday Estomihi
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
complete orchestral parts
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 684053
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