“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.
Bearbeitung für Soli, Chor und Orgel (arr. C. Klomp)
for: Soli ATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Orgel
Score
Item no.: 1587063
Vibraphone & Streicher
for: Vibraphone, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591280
Violin Solo
for: Violin, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596868
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317408
from Cantata No. 147
for: SAB with organ
Choir score
Item no.: 317374
from Cantata No. 147 English and German
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317298
from Christmas Oratorio
for: 3 Trompeten und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 627946
Chor und Choral aus Kantate BWV 62
for: 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 622824
Gottlob! nun geht das Jahr zu Ende
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392285
für Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 157860
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 196662
Uns ist ein Kind geboren
zum 1. Weihnachtsfesttag
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 191911
für E-Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 186602
"In dulci jubilo"
Musik des Barock und Rokoko Nr. 11
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 200129
Advent – Christmas – New Year
for Organ
Urtext
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 472454
Meditation sur le 1er Prélude de J. S. Bach
for: Harp
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 615004
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 392153
Meditation über das erste Präludium C-Dur aus dem "Wohltemperierten Klavier"
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 356506
am Neujahrstag
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285572
aus dem Weihnachtsoratorium
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 419212
BWV 243
for: für Chor und Orchester
Taschenpartitur
Item no.: 395260
for: Streicher, [Bläser)
Partitur, Stimmen, Cembalo (mit Kopiererlaubnis)
Item no.: 137163
for: gemischter Chor (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1209402
für Sopran (Tenor) oder für Alt (Bariton) und Klavier
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 1664708
for: TBB or TTBB Keyboard [Organ or Piano] or Orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1004988
for: Symphonic orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1078144
Zwei Stücke aus dem berühmten Magnificat BWV 243
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 671611
Shawnee Press
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 323419
Die berühmte Pastorale von Bach instrumentiert für Streichorchester
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 656101
für Solo (Instrument/Gesang) und 4 Gitarren (Bass und Bc ad lib)
Performance scores
Item no.: 637071
for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Score
Item no.: 167302
for: Voice, organ
Music score
Item no.: 479977
Schlusssatz aus dem Magnificat
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 553534
Zeitschrift für Spielmusik
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413725
Uns ist ein Kind geboren
zum 1. Weihnachtsfesttag
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 293790
for: Flute [violin], guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 373487
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045643
Southern Music
for: 4 clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 335638
for: Saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 490094
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 477539
Kantate zum 3. Weihnachtsfesttag (Urfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1659317
Kantate für den 2. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 463884
Kantate zum Sonntag nach Weihnachten
Piano reduction
Item no.: 605252
aus: Magnificat
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
Score
Item no.: 235545
bearbeitet von Johann Sebastian Bach
BWV Anh30
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 621646
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 627287
New Novello Choral Edition
for: SSA SATB Piano Accompaniment
Book
Item no.: 321232
Auszüge aus der zweiten Kantate des Weihnachtsoratoriums
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 137845
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