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.
Essential Elements European Band Series
Yamaha Winds class
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Single part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 601385
Sinfonia pastorale per il Santissimo Natale
für 2 Blockflöten (Flöten), Streichorchester und Bc
for: 2 recorders [flutes], strings, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 649814
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 177003
unter Verwendung der "Pastorale" aus dem Weihnachtskonzert op. 6/8 von Arcangelo Corelli
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ]
Piano score
Item no.: 190751
for: 5 brass winds
Item no.: 168581
for: 4 trumpets, 2 horns [horn, trombone], 2 trombones, tuba, organ; timpani ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1658851
for: Symphonic orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1078144
für zwei Stimmen und Generalbass ad lib.
aus: Musae Sioniae, 9. Teil
for: Women's choir (SA) [2 solo voices]; organ ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 2791
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1436
für flexibles Ensemble
(Stimmen als PDF zum Ausdrucken auf DVD)
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 662456
Neuinstrumentierung (2001)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Ensemble score Violin 1,2
Item no.: 690347
à 2 Clav. et Ped.
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4145
Zwei Stücke aus dem berühmten Magnificat BWV 243
for: Concert band
Conductors part, set of parts
Item no.: 671611
Bearbeitet von Matthias Gromer für 10 Blechbläser.
for: Brass ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 609806
Symphonic Brass Ensemble Series (Rekkenze Brass)
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts, CD
Item no.: 190994
Die berühmte Pastorale von Bach instrumentiert für Streichorchester
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 656101
für Solo (Instrument/Gesang) und 4 Gitarren (Bass und Bc ad lib)
Performance scores
Item no.: 637071
Kantate zum Christfest
for: SOLI (ATB) GCH INST BC
Score
Item no.: 189439
for: für 2 Alt- oder Sopranblockflöten
Ensemble score
Item no.: 141070
BR-CPEB E 4
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 644500
Kantate für den 2. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 463884
Kleine Reihe 1
for: Singstimme (S), gemischter Chor (SSATB) Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 456365
Zwei- bis fünfstimmige Gesänge aus "Musae Sioniae" (1610)
Zeitschrift fuer Spielmusik
for: BFL (2-5)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 414009
Zeitschrift für Spielmusik
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413725
for: Women's choir a cappella
Item no.: 477539
for: Saxophone, piano
Music score
Item no.: 490094
Weihnachtssätze für Vokal- und Instrumentalensemble
for: Choir (2 voices) a cappella
2 Scores
Item no.: 489617
Kommt beschaut die Weisoheit
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 214004
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1045643
für Soli, 2 Trompeten, 2 Violinen und Orgel Chor und Pauken ad lib
TVWV1:407 - Engel-Jahrgang 1748-49 Nr.1 - Adventskantate
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Score
Item no.: 447192
Magnifikat
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Oboe, 2 Violinen, Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1658139
Eingangschor aus der Kantate zum 3. Weihnachtstag
aus dem Kantatenjahrgang "Musicalisches Lob Gottes in der Gemeine des Herrn"
for: Women's choir (SS/SA) [mixed choir (SSB/SAB)], 2 violins, basso continuo; viola ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 422001
Christmas Settings for Vocal and Instrumental Ensemble
for: Mixed ensemble (6 voices)
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 569505
Choralphantasie
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score
Item no.: 419321
Uns ist ein Kind geboren
zum 1. Weihnachtsfesttag
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 293790
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1337864
Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340383
Weihnachtsmotette
aus "Paradisus musicus"
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 335219
BR-CPEB E 4
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Klavierauszug XL
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681279
Christmas Cantatas
Audio-CD
Item no.: 678054
Hirtenkantate
for: GES-H (S) GCH 2 VL (OB) BC
Score
Item no.: 407004
Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285395
for: Flute [violin], guitar
Ensemble score
Item no.: 373487
for: 2 GCH BC / PART
Score
Item no.: 261800
Zeitschrift für Spielmusik 319
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413764
for: Singstimme (A/B), 2 Violinen, [FL) Violoncello Basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 475216
Zeitschrift fuer Spielmusik
for: 2 recorders (ST)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 413927
Doppelchörig, mit Streichern und Trompeten besetzt. Entstehung 1758 in Mailand für einen Festgottesdienst zu Ehren des heiligen Nepomuk.
for: Chor (SATB, SATB), Orchester (2 Trompeten, 2 Violinen, Viola, Basso continuo)
Score
Item no.: 234439