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: Mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Study score
Item no.: 279100
for: Symphonic orchestra
Score, Parts
Item no.: 562042
for: Mixed choir, melodic instruments, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 127788
Concerto in Festo Nativ. Christi (Weihnachten)
Nr. 2 aus 'Gottgefällige Music-Freude - 1723
for: Voice (soprano), trumpet (C), organ [piano]
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1671494
from the Christmas Oratorio
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 673253
Als der Sohn geboren war
Weihnachtsmotette
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; soloists, 2 trumpets ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 637915
from Cantata Nor. 1
for: Unison Choir and Piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1664568
Cantatas I–III
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 371393
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 609657
Puer Natus In Bethlehem
for: 2 viole da gamba
Item no.: 456592
for: Alto Voice, String Ensemble and Basso Continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 469188
Ensemble Ad Libitum 55
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 620727
für Sopran, Alt, Bass, (gem Chor), 2 Violinen, Fagott und Bc
Partitur und Stimmen
for: SOLOGESANG (INCL. MEHRERE SOLOSTIMMEN) DREI SINGSTIMMEN DREI SINGSTIMMEN MIT KAMMERENSEMBLE (MEHRERE INSTR.)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 223939
pour clavecin (orgue) facsimile
for: Piano
Item no.: 644270
for: SATB soli, SATB, Instruments
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1038813
Kantate zum 3. Weihnachtsfesttag (Urfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 233897
for: Male choir
Item no.: 187047
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag (Frühfassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Study score
Item no.: 233440
Kantate zum 1. Weihnachtstag
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 233063
Uns ist ein Kind geboren
zum 1. Weihnachtsfesttag (komplett) (complete)
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 1655021
for: Organ (manuals)
Music score
Item no.: 185927
with Bach's Prelude in C Major
for: SATB and opt. handbells
Choir score
Item no.: 1125609
French Sacred Music
for: Mixed choir (4–6 parts) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 678051
Offertory for Christmas
First edition
Sacred music from Salzburg
for: 4 solo voices (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Choir score
Item no.: 688077
Weihnachtskantate
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 236161
from "Josua"
for: 3 soloists (SSA/TTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 235508
Süddeutsche Kirchenmusik des Barock, Band XXXII, Erstdruck
ab 50 Ex.: 5%, ab 100Ex.: 10%
for: 2 solists (SA), mixed choir (SABar), 2 violins, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 334674
Weihnachtsoratorium in drei Teilen
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 490430
Aus einer Handschrift der Abtei Ottobeuren, 1695
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 199947
for: 2 violins [flute, violin], viola, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1550004
Auch mit Violine 3 erhältlich
Edition Vieweg (Musikschätze vergangener Zeiten)
for: 2 treble recorders, strings, basso continuo
Set of parts
Item no.: 261783
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 1682089
for: Mixed choir (SATB), strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 1666874
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 941462
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 230255
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Score
Item no.: 470976
for: Mixed choir (SABar) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 422761
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 425183
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 311793
for: 4 voices [4 melodic instruments]
Score
Item no.: 566330
Score
Item no.: 564898
for: Soloists, mixed choir, strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 688042
for: 2 soloists (SA), favorit choir (SSATB), 5 melodic instruments, organ
Score
Item no.: 231806
for: 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 231608
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 230447
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 444966
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 444843
for: Gemischter Chor (SATB) 2 ZINK (Violine) Basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 212457