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.
Motet
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); instruments ad lib.
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 478732
Single part Mandolin 2
Item no.: 579084
for: Accordion orchestra
Single part Accordion 1
Item no.: 554292
for: BC (VC/KB)
Single part
Item no.: 585950
ars instrumentalis 040
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 585465
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 606942
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 365306
ars instrumentalis 050
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 363440
Heft 16: Ouvertüre g-Moll (Telemann)
for: Youth string orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373626
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 371426
ars instrumentalis 027
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 345982
"Harfenkonzert"op. 4/6HWV 294
for: Orgel (Harfe), 2 Flöten (Alt-Blockflöten) und Streicher
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 342582
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 341780
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 458404
(nach BWV 99/125/115)
for: Flute, oboe d'amore, violin, string orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Oboe damore solo
Item no.: 460282
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 457356
für zwei Violinen, zwei Violen, Violoncello und Basso continuo
Kontrabass
for: 2 violins, 2 violas, cello (double bass) [string orchestra], basso continuo
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 455449
Sinfonia - Terzo Ballo - Sesto Ballo - Settimo Ballo - Ottavo Ballo
Nagels Musik-Archiv
for: Cello
Single part Cello
Item no.: 430368
Tenor part (strings)
for: 6 voices [Instruments]
Part 4
Item no.: 368043
Fidicinium Sacro-profanum. Zwölf Sonaten für Streicher u. Basso continuo
for: Violin
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 365966
ars instrumentalis 056
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 336178
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 133593
for: Flute, strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 133463
for: 3 Violinen, Streichorchester und Cembalo
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 336931
for: Strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 608453
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 607991
Erstdruck
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1161044
über Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
TVWV 9:2
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043184
zum Osterfest Christ lag in Todes Banden
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043155
Psalm 98, TVWV 1:1345
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Horn
Item no.: 1043101
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1018633
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1018630
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1018529
Hunting Cantata
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797990
Cantata for funeral service / Purification of Mary.
Reconstruction Klaus Hofmann
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 2 soloists (TB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 797192
Cantata for the New Year's Day
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797156
Cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity.
Leipzig Version.
Reconstruction Masaaki Suzuki
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello [Basso continuo] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797125
Cantata for the 20th Sunday after Trinity.
Leipzig Version.
Reconstruction Masaaki Suzuki
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797124
Passions-Cantate, nach der Poesie des Herrn Buschmann HoWV I.2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772555
KV 43
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1160986
aus: Zwölf geistliche Gesänge
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); 5 instruments colla parte ad lib.
Part 1
Item no.: 1160870
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Single part 3
Item no.: 1160866
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Single part 2
Item no.: 1160865
aus: Geistliche Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB) a cappella
Single part 5
Item no.: 1160863
mit singbarer englischer Übersetzung
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); 6 melodic instruments (colla parte), double bass, organ ad lib.
Single part 6
Item no.: 1160858
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: Basso continuo
Instrumental part 3 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1160699
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: Basso continuo
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 1)
Item no.: 1160696
aus: Psalmen Davids
for: Favorit choir (SATB), chapell choir (SATB), double bass, organ [chapell choir satb, 8 melodic instruments]
Instrumental part 2 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 1160693