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: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 971249
for: Violin, piano
Book
Item no.: 969772
Nos. 1-20
Musica Rara (Breitkopf)
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), 3 trombones [horn (F) , 2 trombones]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 339132
Kantate zum 1. Pfingsttag
C-Dur Fassung
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: 1. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 328511
Kantate zum 1. Pfingsttag
C-Dur Fassung
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Organ
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 328510
for french horn in F with piano accompaniment
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 328419
for: 4 Klarinetten
Buch
Item no.: 487181
1st Movement
Belwin Concert String Orchestra
for: Youth string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 687273
for: Winds class [youth concert band]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 692661
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Item no.: 457193
for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 601885
for: Youth concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 690547
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 632488
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 153401
for: Piano
Music score (spiral binding)
Item no.: 376437
for: Piano
CD
Item no.: 375126
for: Piano
Item no.: 217875
for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1190449
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1190338
for: SATB [Opt. Double Choir]
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 933475
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 929430
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 930143
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 929682
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1179005
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1180584
for: 2 flutes [violins]
Item no.: 342573
for: 3 Posaunen (Baritone, Fagotte, Tuben)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 326690
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1183719
for: Concert Band/Harmonie and Mixed Choir
Score
Item no.: 1184435
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184255
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 1181965
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1185107
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 903669
for: SSB with SSB Soli
Book
Item no.: 905713
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1189371
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1185570
for: Fanfare
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1188118
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1187226
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1186966
for: Concert Band/Harmonie and Opt. Choir
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1186516
for: Concert Band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1190018
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1189610