“Music owes as much to Bach as religion to its founder.” Robert Schumann
It is astounding how abundant and inexhaustible are his works. Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) is more than the epitome of baroque music, and one wonders how a single person could accomplish so much in one lifetime. Show others the brilliance of Bach through Stretta!
After a number of engagements as an organist, in which he often confused more than supported parishes with his improvisational skills and harmonic experiments, in 1708, J. S. Bach was appointed Court Organist & Chamber Musician by the Duke of Saxony-Weimar. It was during this period that he composed most of his organ music. In 1714 he was promoted to Concert Master of the Court Orchestra, and one of his duties was to compose weekly cantatas for the Sunday Service, laying the foundations for the 300 or more Bach Cantatas, of which around 200 remain. For his next position, as Kapellmeister to the Prince of Anhalt-Köthen from 1717, Bach’s role no longer required him to compose sacred music, so it was here that many of any his instrumental works were developed, including The Brandenburg Concertos.
With his last role as Cantor of St. Thomas in 1723, Bach held his first and only official position working for the city, the city of Leipzig. He was responsible for the music at the four main churches in Leipzig, and he taught at St. Thomas’ Boarding School. The St. Thomas’ Boys’ Choir is still one of the most important, and traditional boys’ choirs in the world today. In his final years, despite his steadily declining sight, Bach still created works that are the sum, and pinnacle of counterpoint, such as The Musical Sacrifice or the The Art of Fugue.
As was common in the 18th century, Bach’s works were quickly forgotten after his death. People were only concerned with new music. It was Bach’s sons, and his successors at St Thomas’, who preserved his memory. Composers of the First Viennese School, like Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven, especially admired Bach’s counterpoint, and learned a great deal from him. In the 19th century Bach Renaissance, the St. Matthew Passion was famously rediscovered, and performed in Berlin in 1829 by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy. Another important milestone was the first complete edition of Bach’s works, which was created between 1850-1899. Today’s “New Bach Edition” was published between 1954-2007 by Bärenreiter and has become the authoritative Bach edition. The Original Manuscript of Bach’s B Minor Mass was declared a UNESCO World Document Heritage in 2015.
Johann Sebastian Bach came from a long line of musicians, whose family dated back centuries. Four of his sons continued this tradition, also becoming composers, ending up in London and Milan. With their works, they bridge the gap between baroque and classical music.
for: Flötenquartett
Book
Item no.: 994525
for: Flötenquartett
Book
Item no.: 638139
for: Flute ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 994779
for: 2 flutes, piano
Book
Item no.: 994536
Sacri Concentus Ratisbonenses
Reihe geistlicher Musik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1646210
for: Flötenquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 963628
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 963517
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 963472
für die Jugend
Leichte Originalstücke von Johann Sebastian Bach und Georg Friedrich Händel
for: Piano
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 397175
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Ensemble score
Item no.: 418706
Transkription für Gitarre von Reinbert Evers
for: Gitarre
Spielpartitur, Faksimile
Item no.: 1108111
for: 1. Violine, 2. Violine, 3. Violine, 4. Violine
Score, part
Item no.: 617881
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 940018
for: Voice
Book
Item no.: 939507
for: SATB with SATB Soli
Book
Item no.: 935394
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 936747
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 963309
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Set of parts
Item no.: 963801
for: Flötenquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 993744
für Gitarre
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 989522
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 887336
for: Piano
CD
Item no.: 849505
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 849285
for: Soprano Solo
Book
Item no.: 849155
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 922012
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 848473
for: Piano
Single edition
Item no.: 848287
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 897500
for: Piano
Item no.: 181054
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 931698
für fünf Streicher oder andere Melodieinstrumente
for: 5 melodic instruments
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 646491
Erscheinung und Deutung
Taschenbücher zur Musikwissenschaft 127
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 268433
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 150559
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 339610
Canon a 4 für Altflöte (Violine), zwei Violinen und Violoncello
for: Treble recorder [violin], 2 violins, cello
4 Performance scores
Item no.: 666493
for: 2 Violins an Piano
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1007523
for: Classical guitar
Music score
Item no.: 467887
for: Lute [guitar]
Music score
Item no.: 206491
for: Cello [unaccompanied]
Book
Item no.: 1004860
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 906173
Postcard
Item no.: 370344
for: Brass band
Score
Item no.: 975635
for: Accordion orchestra
Score
Item no.: 346372
for: Guitar
Score
Item no.: 253734
for: CHORMUSIK MÄNNERCHOR A CAPPELLA WELTLICH EINZELN
Score
Item no.: 1592646
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 1145548
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 948352
for: String orchestra
Score
Item no.: 944525
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