“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.
ars instrumentalis 040
for: Oboe, harpsichord, strings
Score
Item no.: 194529
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Basso continuo, Cembalo
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 292048
BWV 532
for: Piano 4 hands
Item no.: 287377
nach dem Cembalokonzert BWV 1055
Rastatter Notenoffizin
for: Oboe d'amore, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction, solo part
Item no.: 184264
for: Gitarrenduo
Book
Item no.: 334411
for: 2 guitars
Item no.: 283246
for: Ukulele
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 610973
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 669320
Chorale from the Cantata No. 147 "Heart and Mouth and Deed and Life"
for: Streichtrio (Violine, Viola und Violoncello oder 2 Violinen und Violoncello)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 735605
for: Guitar or Lute
Score
Item no.: 412819
for: Cello
Score
Item no.: 411523
for: Organ - Manual, Organ - Pedals
Book
Item no.: 445327
Edition Immer Reihe 6
for: Trumpet, strings
Score, Parts
Item no.: 375046
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 295910
Vorspiel der Ratswahlkantate No. 29
for: Organ, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 288728
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 287135
Choralpartiten
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 285083
Solostimme, Oboe und B.c. Band 6
for: GES-T (A) OB BC
Score, Parts
Item no.: 207431
Kantate zum Sonntag Sexagesimae
Leipziger Fassung
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Alt-Blockflöten (2), Fagott
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 882701
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) I/21
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Urtextausgabe, Sammelband
Item no.: 879326
Your Favorite Classics
for: Fanfare
Score
Item no.: 878732
for 4 euphoniums (3 euphoniums and tuba)
score and parts
for: 4 euphoniums
Sheet music
Item no.: 595988
Satz 1–4
for: Accordion orchestra
Score (anthology)
Item no.: 676366
FANTAISIE FOR 4 TROMBONES (OR
3 TROMBONES AND TUBA)
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 595987
(complete)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 343261
Kantaten, Heft 1: BWV 5–70
for: Trumpet
Music score
Item no.: 343097
for: Guitar
Item no.: 334446
Collection Anacrouse
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1323989
From Orchestral Suite No. 3 D Major Bwv 1068
for: Solo for Flute, Oboe, Bassoon, Soprano Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, F Horn, Violin, Viola or Violoncello & String Quintet
Sheet music
Item no.: 1307006
for: Violin
Instrumental Solo
Item no.: 1051505
for: SATB, Keyboard [Organ or Piano] or Orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1041407
Klassik
for: Tenor saxophone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1288052
for: Alto trombone, piano [organ]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1295801
for: 2 pianos
Item no.: 111851
for: 4 Klarinetten
Score, Parts
Item no.: 101240
for: 3 trumpets [flugelhorns]
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1565265
Corda Werkreihe
for: Guitar
Item no.: 148656
Choral aus der Kantate Nr. 147 "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben"BWV 147
for: Viola, piano
Item no.: 566165
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 197441
for: Organ
Audio-CD
Item no.: 767972
"Christ lag in Todes Banden"
Cantata for Easter Sunday
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 696288
Kantate Nr.192 BWV192 Partitur (dt/en)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Item no.: 665323
Trauerode
Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 2 Fl, 2 Obda, 2 Lt, 2 Vl, Va, 2 Vga, Bc
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 658344
Version Koch
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 561384
for: Flute, guitar
Score, part
Item no.: 557876
Funeral motet
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 424637
Kantate zum Ratswechsel. Rekonstruktion Reinhold Kubik
Ihr Pforten zu Zion
for: Soli SA, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Oboen (2) (Oboe I auch Oboe d'amore), Trompeten (3), Pauke, Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337445
Kantate zum Trinitatisfest
for: Soli STB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Oboen (3), Fagott, Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337444
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