“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.
for: Piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 426008
for: Klavier solo, Flöte solo, Violine solo, Streichorchester
Item no.: 111876
for: Violin, recorder, oboe, trumpet, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 378948
[CD: Orchester-Begleitung / Solostimme Violine 1+2 - 2 Versionen]
MusicPartner - Klassik zum Mitspielen
CD
Item no.: 189395
Highland Etling String Orchestra Series
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 571747
for: Piano
Item no.: 563675
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Music score
Item no.: 460268
Das Singwerk
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 379424
für Singstimme und Basso continuo - aus Georg Christian Schemmelis musikalischem Gesangbuch, Leipzig 1736
for: Voice, piano
Item no.: 360835
for: KLAV (CEMB) CD
Item no.: 377950
2, x 10,5 cm
Bookmark (magnetic)
Item no.: 681413
for: Saxophone
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 947184
Choir part Soprano
Item no.: 266026
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 889555
Basix
for: Piano
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 152140
Schlusschoral aus der Kantate "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"
Ausgabe für gemischten Chor und Klavier
Piano reduction
Item no.: 483471
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285559
Hinshaw Secular
for: 2-Part, Treble, a Cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1056961
Hinshaw Sacred
for: Unison [Treble Voices], Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1058934
für zwei Cembali, Streicher und Basso continuo
for: 2 harpsichords, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 168689
BWV 1015
for: Violin, piano [harpsichord]
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1020844
'Lutheran Mass'
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 300525
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: 2. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 493397
Das kleine Saitenspiel, Spielbuch 10
Das kleine Saitenspiel - Spielbücher
for: Zither
Item no.: 139062
Kyrie-Gloria-Messe (Lutherische Messe)
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 480231
Jesu, der du meine Seele
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 392232
Bwv 508
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1184614
Edition Peters Green Series
for: Cello
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 383138
Bwv 244
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 1179238
Klassik
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1547440
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 999977
Essential Collection: Gold
for: Piano
Music book, 2 CDs
Item no.: 612315
Classiques No.5
for: Double bass, piano
Score
Item no.: 266529
from "Musical Offering"
Music for Brass (Robert King) 77
for: Brass ensemble (7 voices)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 819814
Just Brass 48
for: 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones, tuba; timpani ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 315311
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 390898
for: Tenorsaxophon und Combo
Book
Item no.: 1327680
3 Tempi Play Along
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 668024
nach den Triosonaten für Orgel BWV 525-530
Heft I: Sonaten 1 und 2
for: Flute, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 117435
Single Works
BWV 841–843, 909, 951a, 965–967, 993
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 284524
Preludes and Fugues
BWV 894, 895, 897, 923, 951
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 284517
Toccatas, Fantasia and Fugue in A minor
BWV 914–916, BWV 904
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 284516
Supplement to the First Part
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 285291
BWV 862–869
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 285290
for: 3 clarinets, bass clarinet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 689772
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 620988
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 620987
Kantate zum 2. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 232706
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