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.
from “L'Estro armonico”
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 287174
aus "Der Getreue Musikmeister" TWV 41:f1
for: Bassoon [cello], basso continuo
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 200574
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 397704
for: 4 trumpets [4 cornets]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1607573
BWV 1007-1012
for: Guitar
Item no.: 348401
für 2 Sopran-Instrumente (Violine, Blockflöte, Zink) und Basso continuo
Chamber Music Of The Seventeenth Century 7
for: 2 melodic instruments (C), basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 340386
Kantaten aus dem Osterfestkreis
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), melody instrument, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 444380
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Cello
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 114668
für Viola
for: STREICH- UND ZUPFINSTRUMENTE VIOLA VIOLA SOLO
Item no.: 392801
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
for: Viola da gamba
Music score
Item no.: 766923
für Sopran, Trompete, Streicher und BC
Arie aus Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne
for: Voice (soprano), trumpet, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 659102
transcription for guitar with (few) fingerings
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 292447
Camera flauto Amadeus 122
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 186378
and 69 Chorale Melodies with figured bass
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 317836
for: Voice, guitar [lute]
Score
Item no.: 248181
for: FL (VL/ABFL) VA-DAMORE (VDG) BC (CEMB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 581987
for: Organ (manuals) [harpsichord]
Item no.: 348610
für Altblockflöte und Bc
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Score, solo part
Item no.: 200596
for: 2 cellos
Score, 2 Single parts
Item no.: 404337
Including Suite de Clavecin by Christian Petzold
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 194732
Bärenreiter Urtext
with Fingerings
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 172511
with fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401068
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630393
For Alto Recorder & Keyboard
Volume II: Sonatas 3-4
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 462626
Choralbearbeitung, BWV 691a
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1050
für Oboe (Violine) & basso continuo - Band 1
for: Oboe, basso continuo
Score, 2 ensemble scores
Item no.: 681018
Reihe 2/16
for: Organ
Item no.: 299305
without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 493451
Arrangement for women's choir
for: 3 soloists (SSA), women's choir (SSAA), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 605266
Erstveröffentlichung
for: Harpsichord, strings
Set of parts
Item no.: 361256
for: Saxophone
Music score
Item no.: 433815
Neuedition mit Faksimile Einlage
for: Violin
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 432560
Suite BWV 997
BWV 997
for: Lute
Item no.: 549758
composed in conjunction with the Well-Tempered Clavier II
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 217129
(45–88)
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 265341
for: KLAV (ORG)
FAKSIMILE
Item no.: 485824
Solo-Kantate
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 376847
(London 1720)
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401315
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 200547
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 193042
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 486536
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Item no.: 418562
Nach den Solfeggien Friedrichs des Großen
for: Treble recorder
Item no.: 109005
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 188616
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 620989
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 726000