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: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285556
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285431
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 879079
Guitar Play Along (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Electric guitar
Music score (with tabs), online playback
Item no.: 617396
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 321821
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 128684
für Soli und Chor (STB), 2 Violinen und Basso continuo
aus: Selva morale et spirituale - SV 266
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 667006
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 632332
for: 3 flutes (trio)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 340293
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 636016
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1011214
Cantata for the inauguration of a new town council
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ solo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 232880
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285467
for: 2 violins, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 198099
Quotations from J.S. Bach's cantatas
for: Voice
Music score
Item no.: 255372
for: Choir, orchestra
Score
Item no.: 850877
for: Choir
Buch
Item no.: 1149463
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1149430
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 850837
Motet – "Jesu, meine Freude"
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 226945
Hunting Cantata
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 797985
"It is enough"
Version for Soprano
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285380
for: Flute, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 302095
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285421
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 234132
for: Voice, piano [organ]; trumpet ad lib.
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 745674
Cantata Nr. 82 for the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary
in c-minor
for: Voice (bass), oboe, strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285476
Klassik
for: Unison Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964842
Klassik
for: Unison Choir
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103404
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103348
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1103580
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1343284
Klassik
for: Voice (baritone), piano
Book
Item no.: 964742
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964755
Choral Score
for: SATB, Keyboard, opt. Brass Quartet, Timpani, String Quartet, 2 Oboes
Choir score
Item no.: 908003
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 1103512
for: Oboe
Buch + CD
Item no.: 339521
for: Concert band
Buch
Item no.: 167253
The Complete Texts
Clarendon Press
Lyric book
Item no.: 769576
The Impresario and His World in Seventeenth Century Venice
AMS Studies in Music
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 769127
Über die Nicht- und Flüchtigkeit des menschlichen Lebens – Kantate zum 24. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
Urtext Telemann-Archiv – Stuttgarter Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 423958
Hunting Cantata
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1654165
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (version in g minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 610796
Kantate zum Sonntag nach Neujahr
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 666634
Wedding cantata
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 666630
Kantate zur Trauung
Urtext
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 661354
Wedding cantata – "Dem Gerechten muss das Licht"
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (revised edition)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 680674
Kantate zum 16. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
für vier Solostimmen (SATB), gemischten Chor (SATB), Orchester, Orgel und Basso continuo
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681276