“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.
Kantaten BWV49-100
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE VIOLONCELLO VIOLONCELLO SOLO
Item no.: 179453
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 violins, string orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116782
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 851812
for: 2 pianos
Sheet music
Item no.: 1381843
aus der Partita h-Moll für Violine soloBWV 1002
for: Guitar
Item no.: 112931
Choralvorspiel, BWV 721
bearbeitet für Trompete und Orgel
for: Trumpet (C/B-flat), organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3365
for: 2 voices (SB), oboe d'amore, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 266155
Cantata for the Sunday of Septuagesimae
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233456
Kantate zum 4. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Piano reduction
Item no.: 620239
Pedagogical Edition with Fingerings and Interpretation Suggestions
(sheet and text volume)
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 664832
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Music score
Item no.: 775821
für Violoncello solo, bearbeitet für Altblockflöte
Music for Woodwind Instruments 3
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 129294
Studien-Edition
for: Violin
Study score
Item no.: 223363
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben – Urtext
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 632309
Edition with articulation markings
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 674934
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 239817
Clothbound edition with gold embossing
Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 687566
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 686625
BWV565
for: Harp
Item no.: 563432
Studien-Edition
for: Cello
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471297
"Les classiques de la Flûte" n° 8 (rév. Marcel Moyse)
for: Flute, piano
Score
Item no.: 100852
With Tabulature
Online Audio Includes Complete Performance of All Pieces
for: Guitar
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 247188
For Violin Solo (Hellmensberger)
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 404601
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Item no.: 164608
for guitar
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 156077
Three Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord (Piano)
Edition Peters Urtext
for: Flute, harpsichord [piano]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 379001
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285543
with marked and unmarked string parts
for: Viola da gamba [cello], basso continuo
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 298884
BWV 1034-1035 für Flöte und Basso continuo. BWV 1030, 1032 für Flöte und obligates Cembalo
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Flöte, Basso continuo, Cembalo
Spielpartitur, Stimmensatz, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 273762
Revised Urtext of the New Bach Edition
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116747
for Piano
Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 648770
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 116785
[CD:Cembalo-Begleitung zur Solostimme]
MusicPartner - Klassik zum Mitspielen
CD
Item no.: 385784
for: 2 guitars
Score, Parts
Item no.: 780237
God's time is the best
for: 4 Solostimmen, Chor und Kammerorchester
Study score
Item no.: 737070
Choralvorspiel, BWV 645
Klaviertranskription von Feruccio Busoni
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3518
BWV 1001, BWV 1003, BWV 1005
for: Clarinet (B-flat)
Music score
Item no.: 1050417
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1209476
Klassik
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 1194732
für Gitarre
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 674025
Lautenwerk Im Urtext Bd 3
for: Guitar
Item no.: 216075
für Flöte (Altblockflöte) und Gitarre
for: FL (ABFL) GIT
Item no.: 292308
Herkules auf dem Scheideweg
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 155423
BWV 870–893
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 142396
Volume 2: Church Cantatas BWV 91–195
Musica Rara
for: Horn
Music score
Item no.: 193983
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Flute, harpsichord
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 141904
for Alto Recorder & Keyboard
Volume I: Sonatas 1-2
for: Treble recorder, harpsichord [piano]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 462625
Pour Vlc De Vivaldi
for: Trumpet, organ
Buch
Item no.: 312710
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