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: Voice (soprano), organ
Item no.: 160665
Alta Musica
for: 2 trumpets, organ; trombone ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 276183
Autograph Facsimile with all lost Sections
BWV 870-BWV 893
for: Piano
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 677007
für 2 Flöten und Bc
for: 2 flutes, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 328314
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1632311
Op. 1 H. 1–12
Appendix: Early Arrangements
for: Violin, basso continuo
Music score (hardcover)
Item no.: 1688529
Das Blockflötenrepertoire
for: Violin [flute/oboe], basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 413684
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 413502
for: Flute, violin [2 flutes], basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 242662
for: 3 treble recorders, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 578678
eine Transposition der Violine 2 für Viola ist der Ausgabe beigefügt
for: 2 violins [violin, viola]
Set of parts
Item no.: 476817
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 550487
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 200253
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 416719
Dover Piano And Keyboard Editions
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 244761
Essential Elements Band Series
Performer Level
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 468325
Easier Piano Pieces 58
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score
Item no.: 1043573
for Piano Solo
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 610618
Play 8 Songs of your favorite Pieces
Mandolin Play-Along Volume 4
for: Mandolin
Music score (with tabs), online audio
Item no.: 626652
Musik Des 17 Jahrhunderts Bd 15
for: 5 BFL 5 STR BC
Score
Item no.: 241722
Klassik
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1178852
Ouverture/Overture
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188819
Ouverture/Overture
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1186957
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1186738
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1188695
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1189918
Klassik
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1185268
Hwv 437
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183271
Klassik
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184415
In G Minor
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184289
Chorus Uit De Messias
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1181997
Band 2 Nr. 4-6 (Bc ausgesetzt)
Camera flauto Amadeus 255
for: 2 treble recorders, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 661899
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Buch
Item no.: 1670435
Time for Brass
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1559598
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1187676
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Book
Item no.: 1186672
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1185942
Soprano Solo and Band
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1185842
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285382
Cantata for the 19th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Soloist (bass), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 289845
Kantate zum Sonntag Septuagesimae
Piano reduction
Item no.: 233358
for: PICC (Blockflöte (A)) 2 Violinen, Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 475488
Time for Brass
for: 5 brass winds
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 471233
Uit Concerto Grosso No.12
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1185470
Klassik
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1185343
Klassik
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183944
Cantate 79
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1185013
Klassik
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184831