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: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 933329
Oratorio in three acts HWV 70
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Solo voices, mixed choir, baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 564544
Cantata for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany BWV 32
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232896
Cantata for St. John’s Day
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232779
Sonntag Estomihi
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285521
Ausgabe für Violine und Klavier – Rekonstruktion nach dem Cembalokonzert f-Moll BWV 1056
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679978
Passio secundum Joannem BWV 245 - Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Fassung II (1725)
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 612174
Peasant Cantata ("Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet")
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 voices (SB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 685626
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 770830
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score
Item no.: 768943
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 768913
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 483877
for: Voice, basso continuo
Score (facsimile)
Item no.: 930747
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (facsimile)
Item no.: 929444
for: 1–2 voices, basso continuo
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 778893
from Carmen
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732065
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 732056
from The Four Seasons
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 738385
for: Sopran, 2 Alt-Blockflöten und Klavier; Violoncello ad libitum
Item no.: 1545458
for: Mixed choir (SAATB), 2 violins, viola, 2 oboes, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1645496
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1645477
Orchestral Suite from Thésée
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Oeuvres complètes, Série III, vol. 4, édité par Pascal Denécheau
for: Baroque orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1555819
for: gemischter Chor (SAATB) und Orgel
Score
Item no.: 1546303
for: Guitar [lute]
Music score (anthology), online audio
Item no.: 778799
for: Male choir (TTBB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 307896
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano [organ/orchestra]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 192203
for: 2 Sopran-Blockflöten, Alt-Blockflöte und kleines Schlagwerk
Ensemble score
Item no.: 188529
from Suite No. 3
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722284
from Orpheus and Eurydice
for: Cello, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722317
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722306
from The Nutcracker
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722302
from Les pêcheurs de perles
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 722291
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964697
op. 39 No. 15
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 738378
for: Piano
Music score, online audio
Item no.: 368453
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, cor anglais, bassoon, 4 trumpets, , snare drum, timpani, organ
Score
Item no.: 321285
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Book, CD
Item no.: 955730
for: Trumpet
Music score, CD
Item no.: 482198
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1163384
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 302932
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 185415
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 364640
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317722
for: Oboe, piano
Book
Item no.: 148080
for: Mixed choir (SSATBB), organ
Score
Item no.: 901266
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 891796
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 774737
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 774735