“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.
Choral aus der Kantate BWV 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 242373
Version für gemischten Chor
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 477550
10,5 x 14,8cm
Postcard
Item no.: 483249
Postcard
Item no.: 488699
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ, melodic instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 1669314
aus: Matthäuspassion
BWV 244,3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1665119
black
Pencil
Item no.: 479909
Weiß
Pencil
Item no.: 479911
Cantata for funeral service / Purification of Mary.
Reconstruction Klaus Hofmann
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1671981
BWV 244
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach Ausgaben
Soprano in ripieno, Cantus-Firmus-Choralchor
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 1664712
Theisen's Chorausgaben
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 332484
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 903787
Beginn des Autographs
Postcard
Item no.: 424146
Postkarte nach dem Autograph
Postcard
Item no.: 369583
Kantate zum 4. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Postcard
Item no.: 424131
Sonntag Septuagesimae
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1659172
Autographe Notenhandschrift im Faksimile, Auszug aus der Corno-da-caccia-Stimme, Leipzig 1733
Postcard
Item no.: 1665479
Auszug aus dem Faksimile des "Hochzeitquodlibet" BWV 524 von 1707
Postcard
Item no.: 1665522
Fassung IV
Passio secundum Joannem
Postcard
Item no.: 1684651
Notenhandschrift im Faksimile;
Auszug aus dem Orgelchoral Takt 1-11, Autograph, um 1705
Postcard
Item no.: 424160
Abbildung des Bach-Denkmals von Eduard Bendemann
Postcard
Item no.: 1665405
for: 2 BL CH
Item no.: 313760
Öl auf Leinwand 1720
Ölgemälde von Johann Jakob Ihle
Postcard
Item no.: 1665408
Postcard
Item no.: 424147
Cantata for the 15th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Voice (soprano), trumpet, strings, basso continuo
Trumpet (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232998
Kantate zum Sonntag Estomihi
Violine 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1652439
Cantata for the 3rd Sanday after Trinity/all occasions
for: 3 soloists (STB) [SB/TB/SATB], mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Trombone 4
Item no.: 1670922
Eingangschor der Kantate BWV 61
bearbeitet für achtstimmigen Chor a cappella
for: Mixed choir (SSAATTBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1677109
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582673
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Kettledrums
Item no.: 1665002
BWV 243
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1658828
for: Treble recorder, piano
Treble recorder (single part)
Item no.: 354607
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1670936
for: Cello
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1582653
Bach's "Air" / "Still, still, still"
Alfred Archive Edition: Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [keyboard, guitar]
Score
Item no.: 498340
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1677227
from Cantata Nor. 1
for: Unison Choir and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1664568
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe d'amore (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1666841
Kantate zum Trinitatisfest
Stuttgarter Bachausgabe – Urtextausgabe
Fagott
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, bassoon, basso continuo
Bassoon (orchestral part)
Item no.: 674624
in Sätzen von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: Descant recorder
Single part descant recorder
Item no.: 191164
Cantata for Reformation Day
Scripture Ps 84
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 169580
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (version in g minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1651616
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (version in g minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1658380
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (version in g minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1658379
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (version in g minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1658382
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1651685
Actus tragicus. Trauermusik
BWV 106
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Viola da gamba 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1672469
Boosey Choral Music Experience
for: Children's Choir [SSA] and Piano [Harp]
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1654903
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