“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.
16th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232797
16th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232794
Kantate Nr.2 BWV2 Viola
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Viola
Item no.: 232712
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 446801
Kantate für den 2. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 611418
Version Koch
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 776131
Version Koch
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 776128
Kantate zum Sonntag nach Neujahr
Violine 2
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681097
Cantata for the 7th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach–Ausgaben (Urtext)
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 680687
Cantata for Oculi – Widerstehe doch der Sünde
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Voice (alto), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 678019
Cantata for a wedding
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673210
Cantata for Trinity Sunday
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 774824
Kantate zum Sonntag Sexagesimae
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233997
Kantate zum 9. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233619
Kantate zum 1. Pfingsttag
Ausgabe nach der 1. Fassung; Entstehung evtl. früher, Niederschrift spätestens zu Pfingsten 1723
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233019
Kantate zum 26. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
rev. 2017
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1639195
Cantata for Easter Sunday
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 769180
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 585547
am neunten Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 553152
am 4. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 432329
6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 372788
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 139709
for: Strings, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 659462
Cantata for Easter Tuesday
Third version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 oboes, strings, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 746026
G. Schirmer Band-Orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 900620
nach den Kantaten 169 und 49
Ars Instrumentalis 20
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 622708
"Actus tragicus"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Viola da gamba 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 612474
aus der Orchestersuite Nr. 1 C-Dur BWV 1066 - Bearbeitung für Streicher und Basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384641
Kantate Nr. 52
23. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 292135
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 296313
Vorspiel der Kantate Nr. 188BWV 1052
for: Organ, strings
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 331697
Vorspiel der Ratswahlkantate No. 29
for: Organ, orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 781994
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part
Item no.: 331305
Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen
für Soli: SATB - Chor: SATB - 2.2.0.0 - 0.3.0.0 - Pk - Str - Bc
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 655232
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 228099
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 375374
aus der Orchestersuite Nr. 3 D-Dur BWV 1068
Forum Zupfmusik
for: Mandolin orchestra
Guitar (single part)
Item no.: 464617
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 491731
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 476142
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 485093
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 3
Item no.: 164957
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part
Item no.: 290449
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 290799
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 290797
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 291597
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 302535
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 275381
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 266216
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