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.
Advent – Christmas – New Year
for Organ
Urtext
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 472454
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 425337
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 477438
Bearbeitung für Männerchor
for: Male choir
Score
Item no.: 477459
Geistliches Konzert
Hoch rühmt und ehrt meine Seele Gott den Herrn
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double chapell choirs (ATB/SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 232085
Sechs Weihnachtslieder für vier Blockflöten (AATB)
Flautando Edition
for: 4 recorders (AATB)
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 664658
für E-Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 186602
Vocal Solo
for: Voice (medium), piano
Music score
Item no.: 395229
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 317408
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 392153
aus dem Weihnachtsoratorium
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 419212
Kantate zum Sonntag nach Weihnachten
Study score
Item no.: 610795
aus: Geistliche Lieder (2. Teil Nr. 14)
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 365792
Weihnachts-Choral
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 456357
aus: Selva morale et spirituale
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB / SAABar), [Basso continuo]
Score
Item no.: 1658804
(Midnight Mass for Christmas)
Arrangement for soloists, choir and organ
for: 5 soloists (SSTTB), mixed choir (SSTTB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1017419
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 491186
F
for: Piano
Piano Solo
Item no.: 1589669
Kantate zum 2. Weihnachtstag
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 624289
Early Music Library 148
for: 4 voices [4 melodic instruments]
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 211880
eingesungen von der Gaechinger Cantorey unter Leitung von Hans-Christoph Rademann
2 CDs (without sheet music)
Item no.: 673084
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 1664390
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 204037
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Item no.: 429523
for: Trumpet, organ
Item no.: 556713
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 688045
for recorder orchestra
The Recorder Orchestra
for: Recorder ensemble
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 475572
G-Dur
for: 2 soloists (mezzo, baritone), mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 423828
French Sacred Music
First Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), 2 flutes, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 423757
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 230011
Dialog und Verkündigung
for: 2 Singstimmen (ST), 4 Posaunen, Basso continuo, [Singstimmen Chor SATTB]
Score
Item no.: 229804
for: Women's choir (SA) [mixed choir (SABar)], basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 422968
for: Mixed Choir [SATB] and Keyboard or Orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 867189
MH 634
Partitur
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Hörner, 2 Violinen, Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 237813
für Sopran und Alt (Soli, Chor), Instrumente (ad lib.) und Orgel
Musik aus Ostbayern Heft 7b
for: 2 voices (SA) [women's choir], organ; 2 violins, cello/double bass ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 277404
Jetzt auf Erden woll't fröhlich werden op. V/7
für Sopran, Violine und Basso continuo
Süddeutsche Weihnachtsmusik Band 5
for: Voice (soprano), violin, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 281886
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 297971
for: Voice, concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 589286
Tuba & Streicher
for: Tuba, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596952
Violin Solo
for: Violin, string orchestra
Sheet music
Item no.: 596868
Vibraphone & Streicher
for: Vibraphone, string orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 591280
Christmas Collection
for: Concert Band/Harmonie/Fanfare/Brass Band
Score
Item no.: 869032
Collection Anacrouse
for: Voice, piano
Book
Item no.: 470826
Chor und Choral aus Kantate BWV 62
for: 4 trumpets, horn, 4 trombones, tuba
Score, Parts
Item no.: 622824
Kantate zum zweiten Weihnachtstag
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Cello, Kontrabass
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 171613
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 124448
Uns ist ein Kind geboren
zum 1. Weihnachtsfesttag
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 191911
Weihnachtskantate
for: 2 voices (SS) [female choir (SS)/mixed choir (SSB)], 2 violins, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 692762