“Music owes as much to Bach as religion to its founder.” Robert Schumann
It is astounding how abundant and inexhaustible are his works. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) is more than the epitome of baroque music, and one wonders how a single person could accomplish so much in one lifetime. Show others the brilliance of Bach through Stretta!
After a number of engagements as an organist, in which he often confused more than supported parishes with his improvisational skills and harmonic experiments, in 1708, J. S. Bach was appointed Court Organist & Chamber Musician by the Duke of Saxony-Weimar. It was during this period that he composed most of his organ music. In 1714 he was promoted to Concert Master of the Court Orchestra, and one of his duties was to compose weekly cantatas for the Sunday Service, laying the foundations for the 300 or more Bach Cantatas, of which around 200 remain. For his next position, as Kapellmeister to the Prince of Anhalt-Köthen from 1717, Bach’s role no longer required him to compose sacred music, so it was here that many of any his instrumental works were developed, including The Brandenburg Concertos.
With his last role as Cantor of St. Thomas in 1723, Bach held his first and only official position working for the city, the city of Leipzig. He was responsible for the music at the four main churches in Leipzig, and he taught at St. Thomas’ Boarding School. The St. Thomas’ Boys’ Choir is still one of the most important, and traditional boys’ choirs in the world today. In his final years, despite his steadily declining sight, Bach still created works that are the sum, and pinnacle of counterpoint, such as The Musical Sacrifice or the The Art of Fugue.
As was common in the 18th century, Bach’s works were quickly forgotten after his death. People were only concerned with new music. It was Bach’s sons, and his successors at St Thomas’, who preserved his memory. Composers of the First Viennese School, like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, especially admired Bach’s counterpoint, and learned a great deal from him. In the 19th century Bach Renaissance, the St. Matthew Passion was famously rediscovered, and performed in Berlin in 1829 by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Another important milestone was the first complete edition of Bach’s works, which was created between 1850-1899. Today’s “New Bach Edition” was published between 1954-2007 by Bärenreiter and has become the authoritative Bach edition. The Original Manuscript of Bach’s B Minor Mass was declared a UNESCO World Document Heritage in 2015.
Johann Sebastian Bach came from a long line of musicians, whose family dated back centuries. Four of his sons continued this tradition, also becoming composers, ending up in London and Milan. With their works, they bridge the gap between baroque and classical music.
Part 1: BWV 846-869
Henle Urtext Edition
for: piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401105
mit Fingersatz (Michael Schneidt)
Henle Urtext Editions
for: piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 630388
BWV 244
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116686
Ricordi Instrumental Library
for: guitar
Music score, CD
Item no.: 611177
für Violoncello solo, bearbeitet für Altblockflöte
Music for Woodwind Instruments 3
for: Treble recorder
Music score
Item no.: 129294
Bach Organ Works
Dover (1987) unabridged republication of music from two volumes of Johann Sebastian Bachs Werke, originally published by the Bach-Gesellschaft in Leipzig
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 166165
BWV 245
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 5 soloists (SATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116685
Bärenreiter Urtext
previously 15,50 € (save 68 %)
for: piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 370393
Die Orgelchoräle aus der Leipziger Originalhandschrift
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 116764
For Alto Recorder & Keyboard
Volume II: Sonatas 3-4
for: Treble recorder, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 462626
transcription for guitar with (few) fingerings
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 292447
The four authentic Sonatas
for: Flute, harpsichord [piano]
Piano score, parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401239
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: piano
Music score
Item no.: 125045
Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen. Nach der neuen Bach-Ausgabe. (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 182135
Choral aus der Kantate Nr. 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 566164
Two and Three Part Inventions
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 471312
Aria mit verschiedenen Veränderungen BWV 988
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Set of parts
Item no.: 283258
aus der Kantate "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben", BWV 147
bearbeitet für Violine (Oboe) und Klavier
for: Violin [oboe], piano
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 1836
Mit Werken von Dietrich Buxtehude, Johann Adam Reinken und Johann Pachelbel
for: Organ
Ensemble score
Item no.: 475278
with marked and unmarked string parts
Fingering and bowing for Violin: Wolfgang Schneiderhan
for: Violin
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401335
BWV 870-893
for: piano [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 401125
symphonic transcription
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score
Item no.: 494369
for: harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 692285
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 668329
First Part of the Clavier Übung
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116748
for: Mixed choir; basso continuo ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 303691
Cantata for the Feast of Ascension
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 621647
Cantata for the 27th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 137061
Air from Suite No. 3 BWV 1068
(with optional 3rd Violin part in place of Viola)
for: 2 violins, viola, cello [3 violins, cello]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 311182
Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - 6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285540
No. 6
for: Guitar
Sheet music
Item no.: 759311
Cantata for Bass
Voice and Keyboard
for: Bass und Cembalo (Klavier)
Sheet music
Item no.: 748834
Cantata for the 5th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279219
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (Version in a minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 144612
Coffee Cantata
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 voices (STB), flute, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 691346
Prüfungsliteratur
for: Posaune
Book
Item no.: 311208
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 498364
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 374559
Arrangement of the "Stabat Mater" by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
STUTTGARTER BACH-AUSGABEN
Urtext
for: 2 voices (SA), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 137218
Cantata for the Sunday Septuagesim
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 217133
Easiest Piano Pieces
Easy Composer Series
for: piano
Music score
Item no.: 632994
Kantate zum 11. Sonntag nach Trinitatis (Leipziger Fassung, 1714)
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 632332
aus der Pfingstkantate BWV 68 "Also hat Gott die Welt geliebet"
Hosianna
19
for: Voice (alto), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 760348
Original Works and Arrangements
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 612201
Jubilate
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232820
Alfred masterwork edition
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 638336
Instructive edition in German-English-French-Italian
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 284294
"Actus tragicus"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 167439
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