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.
für Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part
Item no.: 562000
für 2 Solo-Violinen, Solo-Violoncello, Streicher und Continuo
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384368
für Sopran oder Tenor, gemischten Chor, Streicher und Basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384242
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 387580
aus der Sonate "Le Tombeau" - Bearbeitung für Streicher und Basso continuo
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384702
aus "Tafelmusik" - Bearbeitung für Streicher und Basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384612
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 385388
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 385327
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 385295
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 385258
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 385185
for: Strings, basso continuo
Viola da gamba 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 685291
Motet for two four-part mixed choirs and instruments
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425828
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 613040
Nagels Musik-Archiv
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 343459
Laßt Gott erstehn HWV 256b
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171886
Laßt Gott erstehn HWV 256b
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171884
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171878
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171634
for: Flute, string orchestra
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 741440
Suite from "Festin des Muses, 1700"
for: Streichorchester und Blasinstrumente
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 754080
for: String quartet [string orchestra]; basso continuo ad lib.
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784430
op. 21/3
for: Alt-Blockflöte, Violine (Flöte) und Basso continuo
Single part Violin
Item no.: 784482
op. 34/6
for: 3 Melodie-Instrumente (Flöten, Violinen, Oboen) oder Streichorchester und Basso continuo; Cembalo (Klavier), Violoncello (Viola da gamba, Fagott) ad libitum
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 784584
for: Chamber orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 784803
Concerto grosso D major
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Single part viola 2
Item no.: 782267
Marienvesper
for: gemischter Chor (SATTB/SATTB), Soli (SSAATTBB) und Orchester
Single part Trombone 2
Item no.: 782290
for: String quartet [string orchestra]; basso continuo ad lib.
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 783804
op. 10/5
for: Flöte (Alt-Blockflöte), Streichorchester und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 747270
da chiesa a tre dell'opera prima
for: 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Cello
Item no.: 759150
op. 1/9
for: 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Streichorchester, Basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 750112
"Alla Rustica"
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 756673
op. 44/19
for: Sopranino recorder [treble recorder], strings, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 757506
op. 44/19
for: Sopranino recorder [treble recorder], strings, basso continuo
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 757509
for: Alt-Blockflöte (Flöte, Oboe), 2 Violinen und Basso continuo; Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 722538
for: Alt-Blockflöte (Flöte, Oboe), 2 Violinen und Basso continuo; Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Single part Cello
Item no.: 722539
op. 7/3
for: 2 oboes, bassoon, string orchestra, organ
Single part Viola
Item no.: 725644
for: Oboe d'amore, strings, basso continuo
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 727074
"La tempesta di mare"
for: Flöte, Oboe, Fagott und Orchester
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 727079
"Alla Rustica"
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Viola
Item no.: 727106
Vorspiel der Ratswahlkantate No. 29
for: Organ, orchestra
Single part Kettledrum
Item no.: 741090
Concerto A major
for: Streichorchester mit 2 obligaten Violinen
Single part Cello
Item no.: 792712
Concerto grosso D major
for: 4 violins, strings, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 792719
for: Streichorchester; Bläser ad libitum und B.c.; Cembalo (Klavier), Violoncello (Viola da gamba) ad libitum
Single part Cello
Item no.: 783669
for: Trumpet, strings, basso continuo
Single part viola 2
Item no.: 783836
for: String orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 783887
aus den Klavier-Suiten und -Fugen
for: 4 recorders (SATB) [recorder orchestra]
Single part descant recorder
Item no.: 723462