“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.
Agnus Dei
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340131
aus "Joh. Seb. Bachs vierstimmige Choralgesänge"
Lobpreiset all zu dieser Zeit
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340048
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1338533
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 302558
aus: Matthäuspassion
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1338589
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1338553
aus: 2. Notenbüchleinder Anna Magdalena Bach
for: Chor (1-stimmig), Klavier
Score
Item no.: 1338107
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1338571
for: Women's choir (SAA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1339875
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1338562
for: Women's choir (SAA), piano
Score
Item no.: 1338077
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1160685
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1338587
for: Male choir (TTBB), organ, melodic instruments
Choir score
Item no.: 1669314
Coffee cantata BWV 211
for: Voice, chamber orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 1667452
aus: Matthäuspassion
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1338149
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 1338588
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 643224
aus: Matthäuspassion
BWV 244,3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 422614
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 464918
aus: Matthäuspassion
BWV 244,3
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1665119
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 465920
BWV 413 - d-Moll
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422577
BWV 140 Nr. 7 - anderer Text als in der Kantate (dort "Gloria sei dir gesungen")
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 425289
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 464938
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 464930
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422526
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 647388
aus: Schwingt freudig euch empor
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340055
Choralvorspiel, BWV 732
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2511
BWV 935
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 6081
aus: Geistliche Lieder und Arien
(G. Chr. Schemellis Gesangbuch, Leipzig 1736)
for: Voice (low), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 2816
GIA Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1151129
aus der Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur BWV 1068
Forum Zupfmusik
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Mandola
Item no.: 464616
Textheft
Lyric book
Item no.: 235910
BWV 926, aus dem Clavierbüchlein für W. Fr. Bach
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1569
BWV 939
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1037
Ich freue mich in dir
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 171758
aus der französischen Suite Nr. 6, BWV 817
bearbeitet für Alt- und Bassblockflöte
for: Treble recorder, bass recorder
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 4246
aus dem Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach, BWV 514
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1856
aus dem Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach, BWV 514
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1857
BWV 942
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 2829
Fughetta, BWV 704
for: Organ (manuals)
Sheet music
Item no.: 2703
In Canone alla Quinta, BWV 633
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1354
aus der Lautensuite BWV 1006a transkribiert für Gitarre
for: Guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 1894
Textheft
Lyric book
Item no.: 235909
für 4-stimmigen gemischten Chor
Das Musikblatt
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 387948
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