“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.
Peasant Cantata ("Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet")
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 voices (SB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 687394
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 803028
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 316731
Discovery Level 1
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
Item no.: 746238
from Cantata No 208 'The Hunt Cantata'
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 975773
August, lebe, lebe, König from Cantata 207a
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 975513
Hal Leonard Solo and Ensemble
for: Trombone
Music score
Item no.: 812235
Kantate zum 3. Pfingsttag
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (durchgesehene Neuauflage)
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 234029
Cantata for the 12th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 233826
Cantata for the Sunday of Septuagesimae
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Graduated prices on request
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 233454
Cantata for Ascension Day
BWV 37
STUTTGARTER BACH AUSGABEN
URTEXT
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232923
Cantata for 24th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
– Graduated prices on request –
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 769278
Kantate zum Sonntag Exaudi
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 603335
Cantata for the 1st Sunday in Advent
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
– Graduated price on request –
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674987
Kantate zum 12. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Solo voice (alto), organ (obl.), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 673216
aus der Kantate "Himmelskönig, sei willkommen", BWV 182
bearbeitet für zwei Blockflöten und Orgel (Klavier)
for: 2 recorders (SA), organ [piano]
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2208
Choralbearbeitung, BWV 645
bearbeitet für 3 Gitarren
for: 3 guitars
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2402
nach Antonio Vivaldi, BWV 1065
für 4 Claviere, 2 Violinen, Viola und Basso continuo
for: 4 harpsichords, strings, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3994
Eulenburg Miniature Scores
for: Flöte, Oboe, Trompete, Violine, Streicher und Basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 736235
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Oboe, piano
Music score
Item no.: 736825
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 725998
from: The Well-Tempered Piano 1
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 751028
Transcription for Guitar
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 739799
Bist du bei mir / Komm, süßer Tod
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 727190
Praise, O Jerusalem, thy God
for: 4 Solostimmen, Chor und Kammerorchester
Study score
Item no.: 736151
Edition Alfonso
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 749812
from: Twelve Little Preludes
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 761719
God the Lord is sun and shield
for: 3 Solostimmen, Chor und Kammerorchester
Study score
Item no.: 755967
from: J. S. Bach, Cello Suite No. 6, BWV 1012
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 759532
from the Musical Offering
for: 8 Blechbläser und Schlagwerk
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1108749
Twenty-Four Studies In All Keys
for: Tenor trombone
Music score
Item no.: 1556679
from "The Well-Tempered Clavier I"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724707
from: Water Music
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, piano
Music score
Item no.: 725358
for: Organ [Piano]
Book
Item no.: 1349840
Solo für Percussion
for: Guitar, marimba, handbells
Music score
Item no.: 740209
BWV 1002, BWV 1004, BWV 1006
(transcribed for flute)
Collection Strings in the Wind
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 1331563
Kreisler masterpieces for violin
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 747177
BWV 935
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 6081
BWV 1033
für Flöte und Basso continuo
for: Flute, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2004
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 739724
B minor
for: Flute, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 736349
BWV 547
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3083
BWV 996
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1582259
Edition Alfonso
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 738860
2. Satz aus dem Doppelkonzert d-Moll BWV 1043
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1657474
from the Orchestral Suite No. 3 D major, BWV 1068
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Music score
Item no.: 725526
Choralbearbeitung, BWV 683
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1034
20. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1667068
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