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.
Cantata for the first Advent
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 145464
for: Symphonic orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 300803
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 300799
for: Harpsichord, strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 191466
for: 2 harpsichords, strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 157200
for: 2 treble recorders, violin, strings, basso continuo
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 156920
for: 2 treble recorders, violin, strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 156917
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 147301
for: Harpsichord [piano], string orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 147299
(Urtext)
for: 4 voices (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 617374
(Urtext)
for: 4 voices (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 617373
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 333991
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 213659
for: 2 violins, cello, strings, basso continuo
Cello solo, cello/double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 167749
11th Sunday after Trinity
for: Voice (soprano), orchestra
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 461912
for: Symphonic orchestra
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 346033
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part (Harpsichord solo)
Item no.: 298226
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 295667
for: Organ, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 194583
Organ Concerto No. 8 HWV 307
Breitkopf Urtext Edition
for: Organ, orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 3 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 148389
for: Organ, orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 139478
for: Symphonic orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 456379
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 456378
for: Violin, piano
Single part(n)
Item no.: 355540
for: Treble recorder [flute/violin], basso continuo
Item no.: 215825
for: Recorder ensemble (SATB), timpani
Single part descant recorder
Item no.: 607390
Hymnen und Choräle
for: Brass band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1089746
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 343137
for: Strings, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 304991
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 314646
Praeclassica
for: Harpsichord
Single part(n)
Item no.: 421665
Praeclassica
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421662
for: Violin, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 781321
Cantata for Advent HoWV II.1
for: 2 soloists (ST), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772188
for: Cello
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 130734
for: 2 soloists (SB), mixed choir (SSATB), strings, basso continuo
String parts (3/3/2/3)
Item no.: 681854
for: String orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 294224
Single part
Item no.: 174637
for: FL OB SOLO
Set of parts, Solo part
Item no.: 156444
for: Flute
Single part
Item no.: 130149
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 287773
for: 2 Trumpets and 2 Trombones
Buch
Item no.: 1152638
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1156310
for: Opera
Score
Item no.: 263287
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1158649
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1157990
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1157970
for: Organ (manuals), baroque orchestra
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 192489