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: Voice (low), piano
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Item no.: 752851
for: Piano
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Item no.: 247184
from the Oratorio „Messias”
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780059
Melodie: Straßburg (1538)
for: gemischter Chor (SAATBB) oder 6 Solostimmen
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Item no.: 739509
for: Mixed choir (SATB) [4 voices (SATB)]
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Item no.: 731579
from the oratorio "Judas Makkabäus"
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780074
Görlitz 1623
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 751456
for: gemischter Chor (SAB) und Klavier
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Item no.: 1209110
from the „Christmas Oratorio”
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780010
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780003
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780054
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780036
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780004
for: Piano
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Item no.: 780019
Schlusschor der Kantate "Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ"
for: Mixed choir (SABar), piano
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Item no.: 722939
Köln 1599
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
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Item no.: 751449