“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.
für Oboe und Orgel (Cembalo), nach der Orgeltriosonate Nr.6 BWV530
for: Oboe, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 471839
Johann Sebastian Bach im Kontext lutherischer Orthodoxie und Frömmigkeit
Doctrina et Pietas II
Book (Hardcover), 2 CDs
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for: 6 Instrumente
Score, Parts
Item no.: 365072
for: 4 guitars (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 376633
for: 2 pianos
Score
Item no.: 559080
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 287136
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 287109
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 197328
for: Organ
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 285885
(Teaching material)
for: Violin
Item no.: 199927
Bearbeitet für Blockflöten-Gruppen und Gitarre ad.lib. von A. Rosenstengel.
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 199855
The Brass Press
for: Trumpet (C), organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 462169
for: SA or ST Recorders
Score
Item no.: 177416
for: BFL ENSEMBLE (ATTB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 174344
for: PICC-TRP (C/A) ORG
Item no.: 191503
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 194211
mit obligater Violine Bd. 1
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 153861
transcribed for piano by Joachim Raff
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 153653
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 152375
for: Euphonium
Music score
Item no.: 150523
BWV 645 und 650
für Trompete (C/B) und Orgel bearbeitet
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat), organ
Score, solo part
Item no.: 192061
Solostimme, Oboe und B.c. Band 3
for: Voice (soprano), oboe, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 207428
Lehrhilfsmittel
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 242690
bearbeitet für Violine 1 (Oboe), Violine 2 (Viola) und Violoncello (Fagott)
Band 1
Band 1
for: 2 VL (OB/VA) VC (FAG)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 211360
de la Suite No. 12 in B minor BWV 1067
for: Flute, guitar
2 Performance scores
Item no.: 216631
für Saxophonquartett
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 223293
for: 2 pianos
Piano score
Item no.: 261220
EMB Musica per chitarra
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 255827
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 238986
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 337195
aus "Die Kunst der Fuge" BWV 1080
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 115569
Singt Und Spielt 17
for: GCH VL ORG
Item no.: 333168
8 Famous Works
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 334342
for: 3 BFL (SAB) KLAV
Ensemble score
Item no.: 417944
Aus dem "Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach
Viva la musica. Schul- und Hausmusiken
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 419964
for: POS (HRN) ORG
Item no.: 417710
for: Piano
Sammelband
Item no.: 111827
Leipziger Beiträge zur Bachforschung 8
2 Books (softcover)
Item no.: 445633
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 388926
bearbeitet für Violine 1 (Oboe), Violine 2 (Viola) und Violoncello (Fagott)
Band 2
Band 2
for: 2 VL (OB/VA) VC (FAG)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 211428
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 428245
Essays zu Werk und Wirkung
Studien und Materialien zur Musikwissenschaft 91
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 661139
Rv 230 F 1/178 T 414
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 465740
Kantaten BWV 138, 99, 51
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) I/22 (Gesamtausgabe, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband) (Complete edition, Urtext, Collection)
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 459260
from: Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 722996
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1064006
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045492
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 998800
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