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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.
Bearbeitung der Matthäus-Passion von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615909
Teil 3. Die Moderne
for: Organ
Book
Item no.: 1669278
for violin solo
arranged for cello
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1667605
Bm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665991
D
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1666311
D
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1666274
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666032
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665685
Am
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666417
Dm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666029
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666284
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666129
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666020
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666338
Gm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665865
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666332
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665743
Dm
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1665667
A
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665691
A
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1666489
Gm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665760
Gm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666169
A
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665663
D
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1665977
Dm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665791
G
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1666144
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666134
D
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1665751
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666106
Dm
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1666215
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665873
Dm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666046
E
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666466
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666320
Dm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666317
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666108
Bm
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1666069
D
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1665957
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665908
G
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666449
D
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1665876
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666402
C
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665893
Bm
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1665622
A
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666277
D
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Accompaniment
Item no.: 1666036
D
for: Violin, piano
Instrumental Solo & Piano Accompaniment
Item no.: 1665677
D
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1666413