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: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1684657
Easiest Piano Pieces by George Frideric Handel
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1672928
Rheinberger Hofmusik. Urtext-Edition der Musikakademie Rheinsberg
for: Strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1690141
Madrigalfassung aus dem 6. Madrigalbuch von 1614
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615924
for: Accordion [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 1672261
Trascrizione per pianoforte di Angelo Boschian
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 997530
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1678037
for: Organ, piano
Item no.: 1690169
BWV 846
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1665195
Cantata for Easter
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1692305
Ode on St. Cecilia's Day 1692
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1677430
Tre composizioni barocche arrangiate per organico variabile.
for: Flexible ensemble
Music lesson book
Item no.: 1689992
für Doppelchor und Doppelorchester
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1692356
Rheinberger Hofmusik. Urtext-Edition der Musikakademie Rheinsberg
for: Strings, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1690170
18 Transkriptionen von Chören, Arien und Chorälen
aus Matthäus- und Johannes-Passion
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1678140
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 1688513
(Incompiuta). Completata in stile di Bach da Mirko Ballico
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 998754
(Incompiuta). Completata in stile di Bach da Mirko Ballico
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 998762
aus der Oper "Berenice"
sax culture 45
for: 5 saxophones (SAATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1677968
Musik aus der Dresdner Hofkirche Band 8
for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1690128
original for viola da gambe
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 1684381
for: Treble recorder, oboe, violin, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1684486
Kyrie in g und Gloria in G
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1689477
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1615907
Kantate
(2. Trompete und Pauke opt. nach W. Fr. Bach)
Edition Immer – Reihe IV: Werke mit Gesang
for: Voice (soprano), 1-2 trumpets (C), timpani, organ
Organ score, Parts
Item no.: 1671499
Amsterdam, E.Roger
for: Harpsichord
Music score (reprint)
Item no.: 1687834
Acte de ballet
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1682105
for: Violin, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1678440
Carus Choir Coach
Practice aids
Voice part alto
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689257
Ode on St. Cecilia's Day 1692
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1677451
Carus Choir Coach
Practice aids
Voice part basso
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689261
Carus Choir Coach
Practice aids
Soprano
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689254
Carus Choir Coach
Practice aids
voice part tenore
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
MP3 CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 1689253
Nr. 1 F-Dur & Nr. 2 A-Dur
Band 1 von 4
for: Flöte [Violine], Violine, Viola da Gamba, Basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1692115
aus "VI Sonates avec une Ouverture & Suite"
Sonate e Sinfonie con tromba sola 5
for: 2 trumpets (D), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1671508
Concerto in Festo Nativ. Christi (Weihnachten)
Nr. 2 aus 'Gottgefällige Music-Freude - 1723
for: Voice (soprano), trumpet (C), organ [piano]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1671494
a due violini soli obbligati
for: 2 violins
Ensemble score
Item no.: 1677623
Kantate nach Psalm 103
Das Kuhnau-Projekt
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1689214
with Insertion Movements for Performances over Christmas
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1673803
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice, basso continuo
Score, part
Item no.: 1615925
for: 2 flutes, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1671883
with the Insertion Movements of the Version in E flat major for Performances over Christmas
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1673802
for: 2 oboes, bassoon, strings, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1689137
BWV 787/788/789/790/791
für 3 Spieler (Xylophon, Vibraphon, Marimba)
for: 3 Percussionists
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1689841
BWV 797/798/799/800/801
für 3 Spieler (Xylophon, Vibraphon, Marimba)
for: 3 Percussionists
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1689831
BWV 792/793/794/795/796
für 3 Spieler (Xylophon, Vibraphon, Marimba)
for: 3 Percussionists
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1689840
a violino solo e basso
for: Violin, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1677625
in Re magg. per archi e basso continuo
for: Strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1672851