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.
Mitternachtsmesse zu Weihnachten
Urtext-Ausgabe – Musique sacrée française
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 678031
for: SAX ENSEMBLE (AAAATTBARBAR)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 326011
Cantatas I–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 679223
Cantatas IV-VI
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 579646
Christmas Concerto
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 371968
Geistliche Kantate
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: 2. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 882335
Geistliche Kantate
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: 1. Violine
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 873923
Geistliche Kantate
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Viola
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 869663
Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 242944
for: Sopran (Tenor) oder Alt (Bariton) und Klavier
Item no.: 105979
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 629912
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 733251
Christmas Concerto
for: 2 Violinen, Violoncello, Streichorchester und Cembalo
Einzelstimme Bassi (solo und rip.)
Item no.: 784786
Du hast, o Jesulein, kein Bett
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 742413
for: gemischter Chor (SSATB) mit Soli (ST) und Orchester
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 343422
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Set of parts
Item no.: 260365
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 388219
Christmas Concerto
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 226734
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1551095
Musikalische Gespräche über die Evangelia
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 cornetts [oboes/ violins], basso continuo
Violin 1 [Oboe/ Cornett 1] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 455872
Cantata for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1552091
Cantata for Christmas
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1552088
Weihnachtsoratorium (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 179361
(complete)
for: Symphonic orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 302625
Single part Organ
Item no.: 227693
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171755
Christmas Concert
Eulenburg Orchestral Series
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 358095
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 956292
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1703399
Arie aus dem Weihnachtsoratorium BWV 248
for: Piccolo trumpet, organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1018883
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 675707
Christmas Concerto
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Einzelstimme Violoncello/Kontrabass solo/rip.
Item no.: 724958
Keyboard reduction
for: Choral and Keyboard
Buch
Item no.: 1152504
Ensemble Ad Libitum 35
Item no.: 618535
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Item no.: 296461
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 669515
for: Flexible wind band
Part 3 in C (trombone / baritone horn)
Item no.: 446735
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 489140
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir, piano
Item no.: 314598
for: FCH (SSS) BC
Choir score
Item no.: 376329
Weltlich
for: Women's choir (SSAA), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1551329
Ausgabe in D
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Clarino 1, 2, 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672154
BuxWV 52
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234318
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233067
Mitternachtsmesse zu Weihnachten
Urtext-Ausgabe – Musique sacrée française
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin (orchestral part)
Item no.: 678033
Arrangement for soli, choir and organ
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1013024
für Sopran, Chor, 2 Trompeten, 2 Violinen, Baß und Pauken
for: Soloist (soprano), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 334465
for: Solo (B), gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Violinen, Basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 424569