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.
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 189105
Piano reduction
Item no.: 616106
For God so loved this sinful world
from: Geistliche Chormusik
for: Mixed choir (SATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 231822
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233441
für gem Chor und Streicher
for: Mixed choir, strings
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230779
Weihnachtskantate
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236162
for: Symphonic orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 328666
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 311797
Weihnachtskantate (3 Sätze)
Musikschätze vergangener Zeiten
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), strings, organ
Set of parts
Item no.: 244699
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Klavierauszug vokal, Urtextausgabe, Digitalartikel (AODP)
Item no.: 1640415
BuxWV 13
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234315
Kantate zum Sonntag Estomihi
Violoncello / Kontrabass
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233936
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343026
Weihnachtskantate für 2 Solostimmen oder 2-stimmigen Chor, 2 Violinen, Violoncello (Kontrabass) und Orgel (Cembalo)
for: Women's choir (SS) [2 voices], 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 176678
for: Soli (SATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), Orchester (2 Violinen, Viola, Basso continuo, Orgel)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424543
Geistliche Musik
for: Soloist, Mixed Choir [SATB] and Orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 937726
Weihnachtskantate
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 230733
Weihnachtskonzert
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421463
Weihnachtskonzert
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Single part(n)
Item no.: 421461
for: Soli (ST), gemischter Chor, Streicher, 2 Trompeten, Basso continuo
Partitur, [deutsch, englisch]
Item no.: 173724
Puer Natus In Bethlehem
for: SOLI (SATB) GCH 2 VL 4 VDG BC
Set of parts
Item no.: 170867
aus: Magnificat
Es-Dur-Fassung, transponiert nach D-Dur
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235546
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 131825
for: Voice, basso continuo
Item no.: 226168
Weihnachtskantate für Bariton solo, gem Chor und Streicher
Komplettes Orchestermaterial
for: Soloist (baritone), mixed choir (SATB), string orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 617760
Oboe 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236050
Cantata for Christmas Day
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 552476
Kantate zum 3. Weihnachtsfesttag (Urfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233900
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
E minor
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233084
über den Weihnachtschoral "Vom Himmel hoch da komm' ich her"
for: Symphonic orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 103044
for: 2 trumpets (B-flat), horn (F), trombone, tuba; drum kit ad lib.
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1654992
for: Easy Piano
Item no.: 1361320
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Play-along CD 1
Item no.: 744860
BuxWV 13
Einzelstimme Vc.
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234314
BuxWV 13
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234311
für Flöte und Klavier (+CD)
for: Flute, piano
Single part Flute, Playback-CD
Item no.: 666068
BuxWV 13
Einzelstimme Vl. 3
Single part Violin 3
Item no.: 234313
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Choir part Soprano/Alto
Item no.: 202331
for: 2 soloists (SA), favorit choir (SSATB), 5 melodic instruments, organ
Score
Item no.: 231807
for: 3 voices (SST), basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 293573
for: Choir
Score
Item no.: 309385
Gesamtausgabe, Kritischer Bericht, Sammelband
Item no.: 883815
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 364216
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 364215
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 325975
Cantata for the Feast of Annunciation Day
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 385520
Cantata for the Feast of Annunciation Day
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1 solo
Item no.: 385517
for: 4 recorders (SATB), percussion
Single part Percussion
Item no.: 456863