From the beginning of Monteverdi to the end of J.S Bach, browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the wonderful baroque music on offer with Stretta today!
One of the key features of this period, was the introduction of the figured bass or basso continuo. The continuous, uninterrupted bass line forms the harmonic basis for baroque music. The harmony developed from the sacred, modal style, to the major-minor system that we use today.
Expression in baroque music was shaped by the doctrine of affect. There was a rich system of figures that corresponded to a musical rhetoric, with which human emotion could be portrayed musically.
In Italy, opera emerged as a new form of expression, combining words, text, plot and staging. Other popular musical forms of the time were the concerto grosso, the suite, the fugue, the Baroque Sonata, the cantata and the oratorio. The most famous oratorios of the time were written by J.S Bach, the Christmas Oratorio, St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion.
for: Descant recorder [violin/cornett], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2911
Chaconne, from: Prophetess or The History of Dioclesian, Z. 627
for: 2 flutes [oboes/violins], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2722
op. 5 Nr. 12
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1177
for: 3 treble recorders [violins], basso continuo
Sheet music
Item no.: 2064
for: Descant (soprano) recorder, basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 731386
Arie des Orféo aus "Orféo ed Euridice" (Wiener Fassung)
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano/alto), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1365
à tre, 2 V. e Violone, o Arcileuto col Basso per l’Organo
op. 3/1
for: 2 violins [oboes], basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2701
zusammengestellt aus der "Wassermusik"
bearbeitet für Trompete und Orgel (Klavier)
for: Trumpet in D, organ [piano]
Organ score, solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 5604
bearbeitet für Streichtrio
for: 2 violins, viola (trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3097
aus "Pièces de Clavecin, Dix-Huitième Ordre"
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 4243
op. 12
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 724891
für zwei Violinen und Bass
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3100
for: Trumpet, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1051054
from Suite No. 3
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722311
for: 4 trumpets [4 cornets]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607573
Choralbearbeitung, BWV 668
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1104
from the Orchestral Suite No. 3
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 726043
Choralbearbeitung, BWV 691a
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1050
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726000
per Flauto traverso e Basso
for: Flute, basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 756729
Trumpet Voluntary from "Choice lessons for the Harpsichord or Spinet"
for 2 Trumpets and Organ / Piano
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), organ [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3483
for: Violin, basso continuo
Music score
Item no.: 722445
Edition Schott
for: Oboe (Flöte, Violine) und Basso continuo (Cembalo, Klavier); Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Music score
Item no.: 747343
Aria aus dem "Klavierbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach"
bearbeitet für Chor (SATB), Oboe, Streicher (ad lib.) und Basso continuo
for: Mixed choir (SATB), oboe, basso continuo; strings ad lib.
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 2051
for piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 737215
aus der Kantate BWV 140
bearbeitet für Altsaxophon und Orgel
for: Alto saxophone, organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2810
aus "Flores de Musica: pera o Instrumento de Tecla & Harpa"
Lissabon, 1620
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 5431
Canto Solo con 5 viole
for: Voice (high), strings, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5603
à 3. 7. & 11
aus: Polyhymnia caduceatrix et panegyrica
Wolfenbüttel, 1619
for: 3 soloists (SSB), mixed choir (SATB), cornett, 3 trombones, strings, basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 5847
aus "Der Fluyten Lust-Hof"
for: Descant recorder
Sheet music
Item no.: 1452
Choralvorspiel
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4259
120 Duette aus acht Jahrhunderten
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 761663
Edition Schott
for: 2 guitars
Music score
Item no.: 731350
Edition Schott
for: 3 recorders (SSA)
Music score
Item no.: 749872
aus der Kantate "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147
bearbeitet für Violine (Oboe) und Klavier
for: Violin [oboe], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1836
Arie des Xerxes aus der Oper "Xerxes"
for: Voice (medium), piano
Sheet music, audio file
Item no.: 1248
Quinto Ballo, aus "Primo libro delle musiche"
Ausgabe für 5 Blockflöten und Basso continuo
for: 5 recorders (SSATB), basso continuo
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 3118
for: Flöte (1. Violine), Oboe (2. Flöte/2. Violine) und Klavier
Score, Parts
Item no.: 759503
Arie "Ombra mai fu" aus der Oper "Xerxes"
bearbeitet für Violoncello / Fagott und Klavier (Orgel)
for: Cello [bassoon], piano [organ]
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 2352
aus "Cento concerti ecclesiastici" (1602)
for: Voice (bass), basso continuo
Sheet music
Item no.: 2785
Original Pieces
for: Flöte und Klavier, Basso ad libitum
Score, part
Item no.: 758516
aus: "Anderer Theil Kleiner geistlichen Concerten", Dresden 1639
für Singstimme und Basso continuo, SWV 306
for: Voice (high/medium), basso continuo
Score, continuo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 6457
New edition after the Urtext
for: Violine und Basso continuo (Klavier, Cembalo); Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Music score
Item no.: 748208
Aria from the Ode for the Birthday of Queen Mary, 1694
for: Kontra-Alt, 2 Alt-Blockflöten und Klavier; Violoncello ad libitum
Score, Parts
Item no.: 758128
from Holberg Suite
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 759070
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722315
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 732118
Edition Schott
for: 2 Altstimmen, 2 Alt-Blockflöten und Cembalo (Klavier) mit Violoncello ad libitum
Score, Parts
Item no.: 739201