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.: 384241
Kantate zum 1. Ostertag (Urtextausgabe) (Urtext)
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 295907
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171869
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Organ (orchestral part)
Item no.: 171480
for: String orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Viola
Item no.: 142093
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1, 2
Item no.: 691334
for: Mixed choir (SSATTB); basso continuo ad lib.
Single part Organ
Item no.: 280476
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421705
for: Treble recorder, flute, strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 683454
for: Descant recorder
Single part(n)
Item no.: 245252
Single part viola 2
Item no.: 882856
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 873918
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 170307
(Urtext)
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 169343
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), strings, basso continuo; 4 soloists (SSAA) ad lib.
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690721
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), strings, basso continuo; 4 soloists (SSAA) ad lib.
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690720
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), strings, basso continuo; 4 soloists (SSAA) ad lib.
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 690713
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 366629
Motet for two four-part mixed choirs and instruments
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 425830
Single part Viola 1
Item no.: 880102
Single part Bassoon
Item no.: 873979
Single part Double bass
Item no.: 871661
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 657622
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 327422
for: Mandolin orchestra
Single part Mandolin 2
Item no.: 464615
for: Basso continuo
Single part Viola
Item no.: 642028
for: 3 voices (SSB) [mixed choir], 2 violins, bassoon, basso continuo
Single part Cello [Basso continuo]
Item no.: 766611
for: 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Single part Viola
Item no.: 178580
Treble recorder 1 (single part)
Item no.: 607414
for: 4 recorders (AATB)
Treble recorder 1 (single part)
Item no.: 624409
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 644625
for: Viola
Single part Viola
Item no.: 644601
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 362439
for: Harpsichord, strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 648598
Treble recorder (single part)
Item no.: 334115
for: Oboe (Violine, Flöte), Streicher und Cembalo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1546285
for: Oboe (Violine, Flöte), Streicher und Cembalo
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1545951
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 206343
for: 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 178578
Marienvesper
for: gemischter Chor (SATTB/SATTB), Soli (SSAATTBB) und Orchester
Single part Trombone 3
Item no.: 782291
Concerto grosso A minor
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 782252
Concerto grosso in G Major
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Single part Cello
Item no.: 782247
for: 2 Violinen und Violoncello oder 3 Violen (Fideln)
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 793560
op. 1/1
for: 4 Solostimmen und Streichorchester
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 793470
to "The Beggar's Opera"
for: 4 Blockflöten (SATB); Klavier ad libitum
Single part Tenor recorder
Item no.: 739247
op. 44/19
for: Sopranino recorder [treble recorder], strings, basso continuo
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 739030
after the piano sonatas of Johann Christian Bach
for: Cembalo (Klavier), 2 Violinen und Bass (Violoncello)
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 740717
op. 1/9
for: 2 violins, viola, cello and string orchestra
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 750111