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.
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 403702
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1689325
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 643629
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 585555
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 585554
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 585545
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 555535
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 553097
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 491732
(Urtext)
for: Organ, orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 248073
(Urtext)
for: Organ, orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 248070
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 331033
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 246810
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 212933
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Recorder 2
Item no.: 295082
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 243016
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 243015
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 243014
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 164074
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 228802
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 606941
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 604247
for: Voice (alto), strings, basso continuo
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 584389
1st Sunday after Trinity
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 576774
1st Sunday after Trinity
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 576769
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 560059
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 560058
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 373330
6th Sunday after Trinity
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 372787
for: Strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 111450
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 109521
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Clarino (trumpet) 2
Item no.: 1669166
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1669161
C-Dur
for: Voice (bass), 2 melodic instruments, basso continuo
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1350862
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Baroque orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 775633
eingerichtet für Blockflötenensemble AAAT(B)
for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Treble recorder 3 (single part)
Item no.: 683462
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
Single part Violin
Item no.: 931101
Concerto grosso E major
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 782279
Versione originale per Organo e Orchestra
for: Organ, orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 648670
from "Alexander's Feast"
for: 2 Violinen, Violoncello, 2 Oboen, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Viola
Item no.: 756646
Concerto grosso A minor
for: 2 Violinen obligato, Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 731563
for: 4 Solostimmen, Chor, 2 Violinen und Basso continuo, komplementäre Bläser oder Streicher ad. lib.
Single part Viola 1
Item no.: 792744
op. 1/8
for: 4 Solostimmen und Streichorchester
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 750105
Suites 1-3
for: Orchestra
Single part Horn 2
Item no.: 750302
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 1557522
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Baroque orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 775629
Passionsmusik
Urtext Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe
for: Favorit choir (SATTB), orchestra; chapell choir (SATTB) ad lib.
Part 4
Item no.: 674149
for: VA (VC)
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 607277