“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.
(BWV 787–801) en 2 volumes
for: 3 recorders (ATB)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1671313
from the Orchestral Suite No. 3
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 726044
Reformationsfest
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1653224
BWV 787-801
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 929570
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1478601
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1051577
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1037922
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 998826
Klassik
for: String orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1317885
for: Unison Voices, Keyboard, Treble C or B-flat Instr, BC
Set of parts
Item no.: 1094919
for: 3 guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1007971
German Brass Collection
for: 4 trumpets, 2 horns, 3 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1670573
Bwv 1020
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1019489
nach der Triosonate Es-Dur BWV 525
for: Flute [violin], harpsichord
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1549595
for: 2 organs (4 hands)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1015462
C
for: Piano
Easy Piano
Item no.: 1044252
Cantata for the Feast of Reformation
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1677013
for: SATB, Keyboard, Chamber Ensemble
Set of parts
Item no.: 1093894
for: Instrumental
Buch
Item no.: 1175191
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1052576
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045643
Klassik
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1540204
for: 3 guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1071700
for: Low Voice [F] and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1077208
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Streichtrio (Violine, Viola und Violoncello oder 2 Violinen und Violoncello)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 735605
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ, melodic instruments
Single parts Strings
Item no.: 1020347
for: Violin
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1051505
for: SATB, Keyboard [Organ or Piano] or Orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1041407
in c
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Single edition
Item no.: 1084769
for: 3 trumpets [flugelhorns]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1565265
1717–1750
Music to Delight the Spirit
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 817312
for: Organ or Harpsichord
Book
Item no.: 998843
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 766147
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1677227
for: Piano and Organ
Book
Item no.: 1331320
for: Organ Duet
Score
Item no.: 390513
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 977311
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 931556
Kantate zum 3. Weihnachtsfesttag (Urfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1659317
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1653446
Kantate zum 1. Pfingsttag
C-Dur BWV 172
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797961
Kantate zur Trauung
Uretxt
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1684652
Church cantata – "Nun danket alle Gott"
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revised edition)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1681384
Kantaten I - VI
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1678633
Cantata for the Purification of Mary or 3rd day of Easter
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), oboe, violin, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 1664482
Festlicher Schlussgesang zum Gottesdienst
für gemischten Chor (oder 3 Oberstimmen) und Orchester
nach der Kantate BWV 207
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 684868
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679021
Motette
for: Choir
Download (Audio)
Item no.: 1336746
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