“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.
Klassik
for: Piano 4 hands
Ensemble score
Item no.: 270446
Klassik
for: 2 flutes (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 270426
Kantate zu Mariae Heimsuchung
Partitur und Stimmensatz (Streicher 4-4-3-4)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 671648
From Works by J.S.Bach
for: 2 treble recorders (duet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 113450
Cantata for the 6th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Solo voice (alto), organ (obl.), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 684715
Der Gerechte kommt um (Coro SSATB, 2 Ob, 2 Vl, Va, Bc)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 632321
Cantata for Palm Sunday or for the feast of the Annunciation
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 622478
von Johann Sebastian Bach bearbeitet
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 150258
Kantate zum 19. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
rev. 2017
for: 2 soloists (AT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1611369
Cantata for the 8th Sunday after Trinity
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 774849
Performers' Facsimiles (Faksimile) (Facsimile)
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Item no.: 335333
Kantate für Soli, Chor und Orchester
Urtext der NBArev
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: 2. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 879255
Schule
for: Analysis
Book
Item no.: 988551
from Cantata 140
for: Horn, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 995676
for: Trumpet (solo), brass quintet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996743
for: Keyboard [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 614809
for: Flexible Woodwind Ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995224
for: Chamber ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 949914
for: Trompete, (B/C), Klavier
(F-Dur)
Item no.: 193641
From Non Sa Che Sia Dolore
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995054
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 994750
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 994570
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 994218
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 917184
Contrapunctus 8, 16
for: 3 saxophones (SABar)
Music score
Item no.: 776002
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 994441
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 994102
Brookfield Choral Series
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 965501
Canadian Brass
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 400837
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1353411
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score (Hardcover, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209881
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209873
Urtext Edition without fingering
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1209869
for: Posaunenquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 973300
Piano Method
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 316509
Organ Solo
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 177201
Advanced Level
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 933813
for: Flexible ensemble
Score (Hardcover)
Item no.: 692314
Southern Music
for: String orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 923636
Southern Music
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 926227
Southern Music
for: Bassoon
Music score
Item no.: 212755
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 641604
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); 8 melodic instruments (colla parte), basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 638246
del suo fratello dilettissimo BWV 992, Transcription for Guitar Trio
for: Guitar
Set of parts
Item no.: 1551549
Johann Sebastian Bach. Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke (NBA) I/12
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Gesamtausgabe, Partitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 874747
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1198914
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 158406
Rekonstruktion nach BWV 1056
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: 2. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 868867
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