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.
Kantate für den 2. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 611422
Offertorium zum Pfingstsonntag
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 498918
aus: Psalmen Davids
Konzert
for: Favorit choir (at), chapell choir (SSATB), orchestra
Flute 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231776
Cantata for the Second Advent TVWV 1:301
Bäreneiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 426110
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425581
Praeclassica
for: VC (FAG/VIOLONE)
Single part(n)
Item no.: 421820
Praeclassica
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421818
"Jagdsinfonie"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421806
Praeclassica
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421749
Fidicinium Sacro-profanum. Zwölf Sonaten für Streicher u. Basso continuo
for: Violin
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 365966
Hortus Musicus
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 880262
Nagels Musik-Archiv
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 880254
Ouvertüre und sieben Tanzsätze aus der Oper "Rodrigo"
for: Recorder ensemble (SATB) [strings (2 violins, viola, cello/double bass)]
Part 3 (Alto Clef)
Item no.: 686937
from the "Eight symphonies"
Dilletto Musicale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 646414
2 Vl conc, Vc conc; 2Vl, Va, Vc/Kb, Cemb (Org)
for: Strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 644632
2 Vl conc, Vc conc; 2Vl, Va, Vc/Kb, Cemb (Org)
for: Strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 644600
Cantata for the 6th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Solo voice (alto), organ (obl.), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 684717
BWV 244
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach Ausgaben
for: Solo voices, mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 671874
Kantate
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 632049
H 78
for: Mixed choir (SATTB), baroque orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1136520
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 24th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 769267
for: für Sopran,Streicher und Orgel Violine 2
Single part
Item no.: 1135436
Erstdruck
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1161044
Bärenreiter Urtext
Coro I – Violino II
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), strings, basso continuo; 4 soloists (SSAA) ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690711
from the "Eight symphonies"
Dilletto Musicale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689741
from the "Eight symphonies"
Dilletto Musicale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689734
from the "Eight symphonies"
Dilletto Musicale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689682
aus der Serie "Gradus ad Symphoniam" für Schulorchester oder Hausmusik
for: Youth string orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 296066
Ein Zwischenspiel in 2 Aufzügen
Diletto Musicale - Doblingers Reihe alter Musik (Erstdruck)
for: Voices, string orchestra, basso continuo
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672903
für Violino concitato, Trompete (in D), 3 Violinen, 2 Violen, Violoncello obligato und Basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672665
Diletto Musicale
for: Oboe, strings, basso continuo
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 770591
Diletto Musicale
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 485549
Choral Cantata
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, violone, basso continuo
Viola da gamba, Cello [basso continuo] (orchestral part)
Item no.: 766996
Motet
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB); instruments ad lib.
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 478732
Kantate
for: 3 voices (SSB) [mixed choir], 2 violins, bassoon, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 766609
aus der sonate "Le Tombeau" - Bearbeitung für Streicher und Basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384705
für 2 Oboen, 2 Trompeten, Pauken, Streicher und Basso continuo
for: VL (OB) 2
Single part
Item no.: 384499
für 2 Oboen, 2 Trompeten, Pauken, Streicher und Basso continuo
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 384497
für Sopran oder Tenor, gemischten Chor, Streicher und Basso continuo
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 384238
für Streicher und Basso continuo
for: Violin
Single part
Item no.: 443608
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421699
"La Cetra"
for: Violin, piano
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421655
Praeclassica
for: Flute, orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421626
Praeclassica
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421615
Praeclassica
for: Flute, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421604
Praeclassica
for: Flute, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421602
Praeclassica
Single part
Item no.: 421545