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.
aus: Florilegium Portense, herausgegeben von Erhard Bodenschatz (1576–1636)
for: Mixed choir (SATB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 3549
aus: Ecclesiodiae novae, Straßburg 1625
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 658776
für Soli, gemischten Chor und Orchester
Horn 1/2 in F
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Performance score french horns in F
Item no.: 671136
D-Dur WQ 215
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1355207
Meditation über das erste Präludium aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: Voice (high), piano
Sheet music, audio files
Item no.: 1229
Posaune & Klavier (Organ)
for: Trombone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 593041
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1478379
Cantata for Christmas Day
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1478378
aus dem "Musikalischen Zeitvertreib"
for: Piano [harpsichord/organ]
Music score
Item no.: 662727
Geistliches Konzert zum Weihnachtsfest
for: Voice (high), basso continuo
2 playing scores, 2 Single part
Item no.: 673006
aus dem Weihnachtsoratorium
Tritonus Musikedition
for: Brass ensemble (10 parts), timpani
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1351685
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 193188
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 494596
RV 610
for: für Soli: 2 Sopran, Alt, Tenor, Bass, Chor SATB und Orchester
Piano reduction
Item no.: 182717
for: 5 recorders (SSATB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 215238
Die Heilige Dreieinigkeit - Kantate Zum 2. Advent
for: Soli, Gemischter Chor (4-stimmig), Posaunen (3), Streichorchester, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 630995
für drei Flöten (zwei Flöten und Orgel)
for: 3 flutes (trio)
3 Performance scores
Item no.: 626015
10 berühmte Pastoralsätze bearbeitet für gemischten Chor SATB a cappella (Orgel ad lib.)
Helbling Choral Collections
for: Mixed choir (SATB); organ ad lib.
Choir book
Item no.: 631342
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 565846
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir part Tenor
Item no.: 298435
Christmas Section only
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317721
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 126832
für Altblockflöte, 2 Violinen, Viola und Bc
for: Treble recorder, strings, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 242760
aus dem Weihnachtsoratorium, Teil 1, BWV 248,8
Trompetenstimme in B und C
Voce con Tromba 8a
for: Voice (bass), trumpet, organ
Organ score, Parts
Item no.: 276924
Voce Divina 10 - Gesamtausgabe Bd 4
for: 2 voices, basso continuo
Item no.: 494154
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 309779
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 661052
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Cello, Kontrabass
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 245072
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: 1. Viola (2. Violine)
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 245071
gem Chor und Bc.
Partitur
for: CHORMUSIK GEMISCHTER CHOR MIT BEGLEITUNG GEISTLICH EINZELN
Score
Item no.: 161096
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar/AATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 175492
for: 2 recorders (SA), basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 172996
Kantate zum Fest Epiphanie
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 362706
Kantate
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Streicher, Basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 114775
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 370569
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 340192
für Soli, Chor, 2 Trompeten oder Hörner und Pauken ad lib., 2 Violinen und Basso continuo
aus den Vesperae solennes de Dominica op. 9
kritisch revidierte Neuausgabe
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 340076
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 475879
Partitur und Stimmen
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 596235
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Organ
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 488444
for: Basso continuo
Item no.: 464613
Eight Note Publications
for: 2 trumpets, piano
Item no.: 470351
Edition Vieweg (Musikschätze vergangener Zeiten)
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 344610
Cantata for Christmas Day
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 552478
Meditation über das erste Präludium C-Dur aus dem "Wohltemperierten Klavier"
for: Piano
Item no.: 356507
for: Mixed choir (SATB), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 587620
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 558532
Kantate Bwv 147
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 578385