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: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 874694
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1077627
op. 4/12
for: 4 Violinen, Violoncello und Orchester
Single part Viola 1
Item no.: 727111
Süddeutsche Kirchenmusik des Barock Band 24
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 607622
Funeral motet
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 638141
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1192714
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1192713
ZWV 145
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236201
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672910
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Trumpet 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1192711
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Trombone 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1192710
Funeral motet
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373120
Funeral motet
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373119
from the "Eight symphonies"
Dilletto Musicale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689731
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373327
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Trumpet 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1192712
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 1192707
ZWV 145
Einzelstimme Va.
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236200
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (Version in a minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 370799
Cantata for Purification
BWV 83
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1317316
Süddeutsche Kirchenmusik des Barock Band 24
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 607626
Süddeutsche Kirchenmusik des Barock Band 24
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 607623
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Single part (Violin solo)
Item no.: 672906
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1192716
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1192715
Funeral motet
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373118
ZWV 145
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236199
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 672908
Oboe (orchestral part)
Item no.: 371387
1st Sunday after Trinity
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo (Organ)
Item no.: 576773
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Trombone 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1192708
Funeral motet
for: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 373121
Kantate zum Ratswechsel in Leipzig
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 233786
Süddeutsche Kirchenmusik des Barock Band 24
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 607625
Süddeutsche Kirchenmusik des Barock Band 24
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 607624
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 373351
ZWV 145
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236198
Cantata for the 1st Sunday after Epiphany
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 233798
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1192717
QUINTA (all instruments)
Musica Practica
for: 5 instruments
Single part 2
Item no.: 368034
RV 588
Einzelstimme Vl. 1
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234779
from: "L'Estro Armonico"
Collection Charles Bouvet
for: 4 violins, strings, basso continuo
Single part violin 2 solo
Item no.: 411181
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Trombone 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1192709
for: Violin, string orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 744315
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 576218
"Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir"
Cantata for a penitential service (Version in a minor)
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 370800
from the "Eight symphonies"
Dilletto Musicale
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 689730
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 295601