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: Organ [harpsichord]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3220
for: Flute [oboe/treble recorder], piano [organ]
Piano score, Solo part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2513
for: 2 flutes [oboes], strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 139133
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 280763
for: 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 103381
Advent and Christmas Cantatas
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Voice (high), melody instrument, basso continuo
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 444379
for: OB (FL) HRN STR (+ CEMB)
Score
Item no.: 227935
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 115956
from "Concerto grosso" (Christmas Concerto)
for: Violin, piano
Music score
Item no.: 724692
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 4793
for: Oboe, organ [piano]
Score, part (pdf download)
Item no.: 2441
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 686554
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 279231
for: Mixed choir, 2 violins, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 245191
for: Soli (SSATB), gemischter Chor (SATB), 2 Flöten, Streicher, Basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 278549
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 662036
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part, audio file
Item no.: 1234
Musikschätze vergangener Zeiten
Urtext
for: String orchestra; Piano [harpsichord] ad lib.
Set of parts
Item no.: 174622
Die Kantate 4
for: Voice (soprano), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score, set of parts (strings)
Item no.: 131204
for: Mixed choir a cappella
Score
Item no.: 496648
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 370920
Neuinstrumentierung (2001)
for: Mixed choir (SATB), instruments
Ensemble score Violin 1,2
Item no.: 690347
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Sheet music
Item no.: 3545
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 2233
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Sheet music
Item no.: 1163
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Music score
Item no.: 557030
for: Mixed choir (6 voices), orchestra, basso continuo; soloists ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 634495
for: Organ [harpsichord]
Music score
Item no.: 164593
for: Trumpet, piano
Item no.: 283195
for: Vocal Score SATB
Piano reduction
Item no.: 317730
for: Voice (high), basso continuo
Item no.: 206505
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 678032
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 378383
Choral from Cantata No. 147 BWV 147
arranged for piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 123679
Feast of the Annunciation
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232691
for: Mixed choir (SAB), piano [concert band, string orchestra]
Choir score
Item no.: 744858
for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Score
Item no.: 768056
Cantatas I–VI
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (XL format, Urtext edition)
Item no.: 677223
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 233930
Arrangement for organ
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1478480
Feast of the Annunciation
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232692
for: Clarinet
Music score
Item no.: 336168
Christmas music
for three-part chorus, two violins and basso continuo
for: Mixed choir (SAB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 312496
for: Klavier und Gesang, Gitarre ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 726078
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction
Item no.: 285534
für Soli (SATB), gem Chor, 2Vl, Va und Bc
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 165441
Cantata for the 3rd day of Christmas
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 618714
for: TTBB and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 442773