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: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1556175
op. 8/2
for: 2 violins, viola, cello/double bass, harpsichord
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1546163
op. 7/2HWV 307
for: 2 oboes, bassoon, string orchestra, organ
Single part Oboe 2
Item no.: 1546140
Suite aus "Festin des Muses, 1700"
Antiqua
for: Baroque orchestra
Harpsichord (orchestral part)
Item no.: 290292
Suite aus "Festin des Muses, 1700"
Antiqua
for: Baroque orchestra
Viola [violin 3] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 290290
aus der Serie "Gradus ad Symphoniam" für Schulorchester oder Hausmusik
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 296066
(Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 299978
für zwei Violinen, Viola (Violine III), Violoncello und Basso continuo
aus: 12 Sonaten für 2-5 Streichinstrumente mit beziffertem Bass
for: 2 violins, viola, cello, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 243957
22. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 246808
aus: 12 Sonaten für 2-5 Streichinstrumente mit beziffertem Bass
Streichinstrumente einzeln oder chorisch zu besetzen
for: 2 violins, cello, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 262295
Heft 3: Suite (Lully)
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189986
ars instrumentalis 027
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 345982
"Harfenkonzert"op. 4/6HWV 294
for: Orgel (Harfe), 2 Flöten (Alt-Blockflöten) und Streicher
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 342582
for Trumpet (Clarino), 2 Oboes, Strings and Continuo
First Edition
for: Trumpet (D), orchestra, basso continuo
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 331384
for: 3 Violinen, Streichorchester und Cembalo
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 336931
ars instrumentalis 056
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 336178
for: Violin
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 295072
Heft 11: Händel "Largo", Bach "Gavotte und Musette"
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 294151
op. 4/1HWV 289
for: 2 oboes, bassoon, string orchestra, organ
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 311223
for: Strings, basso continuo
Single part Viola
Item no.: 354972
for: für Sopran,Streicher und Orgel Violine 2
Single part
Item no.: 1135436
Erstdruck
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1161044
Choralkantate
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 873678
Psalm 103
Musik der Thomaskantoren zu Leipzig
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 883002
Ein Zwischenspiel in 2 Aufzügen
Diletto Musicale - Doblingers Reihe alter Musik (Erstdruck)
for: Voices, string orchestra, basso continuo
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672903
Bärenreiter Urtext
Coro I – Violino II
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), strings, basso continuo; 4 soloists (SSAA) ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690711
from the "Eight symphonies"
Dilletto Musicale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689741
from the "Eight symphonies"
Dilletto Musicale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689734
from the "Eight symphonies"
Dilletto Musicale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689682
für Violino concitato, Trompete (in D), 3 Violinen, 2 Violen, Violoncello obligato und Basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672666
für Violino concitato, Trompete (in D), 3 Violinen, 2 Violen, Violoncello obligato und Basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672665
Diletto Musicale
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 770591
ars instrumentalis 072
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 578640
Diletto Musicale
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 485549
for: Violin, string orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 145613
for: 2 Solo-Violinen, Solo-Violoncello, Streichorchester und Cembalo (Klavier)
Single part Viola
Item no.: 138682
Concerto grosso F-Dur
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 104241
for: Violoncello (Tenor-Saxophon) und Orchester
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 107875
"La tempesta di mare"
for: Flöte, Oboe, Fagott und Orchester
Single part Viola
Item no.: 727080
op. 3/3
for: String quartet, string orchestra
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 727128
for: gemischter Chor (SATB/SATB), Soli (SATB) und Orchester
Single part Kettledrum
Item no.: 738961
from Cantata No. 161
for: gemischter Chor, Blockflöte (S/T), Klavier und Streicher ad libitum
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 740467
op. 4/4
for: 2 oboes, bassoon, string orchestra, organ
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 752184
D major
for: 2 Violinen, Violoncello obl. und Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 752189
for: String orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 734069
for: 2 oboes d'amore, strings, basso continuo
Single part Oboe damore 1
Item no.: 766630
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1645000
Welcome to All the Pleasures
for: 5 Soli, Chor, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 782183