From the beginning of Monteverdi to the end of J.S Bach, browse our sheet music and scores, and explore all the wonderful baroque music on offer with Stretta today!
One of the key features of this period, was the introduction of the figured bass or basso continuo. The continuous, uninterrupted bass line forms the harmonic basis for baroque music. The harmony developed from the sacred, modal style, to the major-minor system that we use today.
Expression in baroque music was shaped by the doctrine of affect. There was a rich system of figures that corresponded to a musical rhetoric, with which human emotion could be portrayed musically.
In Italy, opera emerged as a new form of expression, combining words, text, plot and staging. Other popular musical forms of the time were the concerto grosso, the suite, the fugue, the Baroque Sonata, the cantata and the oratorio. The most famous oratorios of the time were written by J.S Bach, the Christmas Oratorio, St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion.
Cantatas IV–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 148332
Deutsches Magnificat
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317756
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 781082
The Walsh Collection
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 460749
Cantata No. 142, Additional Brass Ensemble Score
for: Brass ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1004669
Klassik
for: Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964876
Weihnachtskantate
for: Voice (medium), Trumpet [oboe], Violin, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 422102
Sacred Christmas Choral
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
Score
Item no.: 768055
Deutsches Magnificat
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 234577
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 364568
aus: Kleine geistliche Konzerte II, op. 9 Nr. 10
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: 2 voices (ST), organ
Score
Item no.: 175147
Cantata for the feast of Epiphany
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 233092
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 voices (SS) [female choir (SS)/mixed choir (SSB)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 279273
Pachelbel's Canon mixed with Traditional Carols
for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Piano score
Item no.: 678417
Quodlibet with the Bach-Gounod Ave Maria
für Frauenchor (SA) und Klavier
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 323328
Cantata for the Feast of Annunciation Day
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 473387
Kantate Nr.68 BWV68 Partitur
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 326554
Cantata for the Feast of Annunciation Day
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 384921
Double Brass Quintet
Canadian Brass
for: 4 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones, 2 tubas
Score, Parts
Item no.: 400745
Kantate zum Weihnachtsfest
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 675213
in D-Dur
for: Voice (high), piano
Score
Item no.: 263486
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 679008
Cantata for Epiphany
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 655810
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 voices (SS) [female choir (SS)/mixed choir (SSB)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 236133
Weihnachtslied bearbeitet für gemischten Chor und Klavier
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Score
Item no.: 655331
Kantate zum 1. Advent
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 150694
Cantata for New Year's Day; Circumcision of Christ
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 134754
Cantata for New Year
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233852
Cantatas I–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1215619
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 233438
Music for Flute
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 172875
Bach's "Air" / "Still, still, still"
Alfred Archive Edition: Alfred Choral Designs
for: Choir (2 voices), piano [keyboard, guitar]
Score
Item no.: 498340
for Double Brass Quintet
Canadian Brass
for: 4 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones, 2 tubas
Score, Parts
Item no.: 400757
Cantata for the feast of Epiphany
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 233095
D
for: Voice, piano [guitar]
Piano/Voice/Guitar
Item no.: 1032532
D
for: Voice, piano
Piano/Vocal
Item no.: 1665876
Zwölf geistliche Gesänge op. 13 Nr. 7 SWV 426
Motet on the Gospel text
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
– Graduated price on request –
for: Mixed choir (SATB); 4 instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 232000
Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 voices (SB), descant (soprano) recorder, oboe, viola d'amore, viola da gamba, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 636743
Cantata for New Year
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 217131
Weihnachtskantate. Ehre sei Gott in der Höhe
for: Soli (ATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Streicher, Orgel
Score
Item no.: 279259
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 233079
from "Josua"
for: 3 soloists (SSA/TTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Organ reduction
Item no.: 235507
Cantata for the 2nd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232953
Das traditionelle englische Weihnachtslied unterlegt mit Pachelbels berühmtem Kanon
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano 4 hands [organ]
Piano score
Item no.: 666202
Arie für Alt, 2 Altblockflöten und Basso continuo
aus dem Magnificat Es-Dur BWV 243a
for: Voice (alto), 2 recorders alto, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 231103
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revidiert 2017)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1677203
for: Alto saxophone (E-flat)
Book, CD
Item no.: 956058
Cantata for the Feast of Annunciation Day
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 384922