“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: 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
Kantate zum 14. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: Soli SATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Oboen (2), Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337620
Kantate zum Sonntag Estomihi
for: Soli ATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Oboe, Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337615
Kantate zum 1. Pfingsttag
for: Soli ATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöten (2), Oboen (2), Trompeten (3), Pauke, Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337603
Kantate zum Himmelfahrtsfest
for: Soli SATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Oboen (2), Trompeten (3), Pauke, Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337594
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
for: Soli SATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Oboen (3), Fagott, Trompeten (4), Pauke, Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337574
Kantate zum Sonntag Quasimodogeniti
for: Soli ATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöte, Oboe d'amore (2), Horn da tirarsi, Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337570
Kantate zum Fest Mariae Reinigung
for: Soli ATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Oboen (2), Hörner (2), Violine solo, Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337552
Kantate zum Ratswechsel
for: Soli SATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Oboe d'amore (2), Trompeten (3), Pauke, Violine conc, Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337516
Kantate am Fest Mariae Reinigung, oder am dritten Osterfesttag
for: Soli SB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Oboe, Violine solo, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337480
Kantate zum 20. Sonntag nach Trinitatis. Leipziger Fassung. Rekonstruktion Masaaki Suzuki
for: Soli SATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Flöte, Corno da tirarsi, Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337477
Kantate zum Sonntag Cantate
for: Soli ATB, Gemischter Chor (SATB), Oboe, Violinen (2), Viola, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1337473
aus: Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), Trompeten (3), Pauke
Score
Item no.: 1340311
Agnus Dei
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340131
aus: Schwingt freudig euch empor
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340055
aus "Joh. Seb. Bachs vierstimmige Choralgesänge"
Lobpreiset all zu dieser Zeit
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 1340048
For Violin Solo (Joachim/Moser)
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 404538
Analyse und Gestaltung
for: Piano [harpsichord]
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 460328
Classics For Saxophone
for: Alto saxophone [baritone saxophone], piano
Item no.: 148359
Kantate zum 1. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 300193
Postcard
Item no.: 424147
Notenhandschrift im Faksimile; Auszug aus dem ersten Satz der Suite, Autograph aus dem Clavier-Büchlein
Postcard
Item no.: 424145
for: Organ
Item no.: 132085
Kantate zum Michaelistag
Score
Item no.: 613729
Kantate zu Sexagesimae
Score
Item no.: 613080
Kantate zum Fest Mariae Heimsuchung (Leipziger Fassung)
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 608625
in Kirchenliedsätzen J. S. Bachs
Hänssler Chorblatt
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 492603
Kantate für den 2. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 484617
Nach den Quellen
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 296640
Jubilate
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 217555
for: 3 recorders (aab)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1009480
für Flöte und Klavier
Flötenstimme mit Playback-CD
for: Flute
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 1690265
Wer nur den lieben Gott läßt walten
am 5. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1690258
for: Piano
Music score, CD (audio)
Item no.: 586639
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 680012
for: Piano
Item no.: 172255
for: 4 harpsichords, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 304032
for: 2 harpsichords, strings, basso continuo
2 Piano reductions
Item no.: 359931
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 278543
for: Piano
Item no.: 278446
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