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.
Bis hin an des Kreuzes Stamm
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), 2 violins, basso continuo; 2 violas ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 229722
Kantate zum Sonntag Jubilate
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 213121
for: 2 favorit choirs (SSATB, SATB); 5 viole da gamba, double bass, organ ad lib.
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 647623
Le dolcezze e l'amerezze della notte
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 614432
Kantate zum 3. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 471125
Psalm 112
Dresden version – First Edition
for: 3 soloists (SSA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681063
für Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part (Harpsichord solo)
Item no.: 492496
für Streicher und Basso continuo
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part
Item no.: 492495
ZWV 84
Einzelstimme Va.
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235272
Kantate zum 2. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232726
Sinfonia - Terzo Ballo - Sesto Ballo - Settimo Ballo - Ottavo Ballo
Nagels Musik-Archiv
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 430364
Concerto grosso F-Dur
for: Violin
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421850
aus "Das Alexanderfest"
for: Violin
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421702
"La Notte"
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421683
for: 2 oboes, strings, basso continuo
Oboe 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421588
Oboen-Konzert
for: Harpsichord
Single part
Item no.: 421582
Oboen-Konzert
for: Violin
Single part(n)
Item no.: 421566
Oboen-Konzert
for: Violin
Single part
Item no.: 421559
Oboen-Konzert
for: Violin
Single part
Item no.: 421557
Praeclassica
for: Harpsichord
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421430
Praeclassica
for: Harpsichord
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421303
Kantate zum Neujahrsfest HoWV II.29
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772195
Wacht! Euch zum Streit gefasset macht
for: 6 soloists (SSSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 224771
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 327212
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 446750
für Streicher und Basso continuo
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 444587
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 443609
for: Symphonic orchestra
Double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 587196
for: 2 soloists (ST), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229789
for: Violin
Single part Violin
Item no.: 229776
for: Violone
Single part Cello
Item no.: 229753
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229751
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229749
O singet unserm Gott ein neues Lied
Cannons Anthem (Second verison) – HWV 249b
for: Solo voice (soprano/alto), women's choir (SSA), oboe, 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 676214
for: Symphonic orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 564918
zum Pfingstfest über Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043167
zum Osterfest Christ lag in Todes Banden
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043152
zum Pfingstfest über Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043133
zum Osterfest Christ lag in Todes Banden
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043120
über Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043115
Cantata for 25th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797211
a-Moll BR-WFB C 14
for: Harpsichord, strings
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 648596
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 367402
Choralkantate
Stuttgarter Buxtehude-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, violone, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 320547
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae I
for: Voice (bass), 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Trombone 3
Item no.: 1317249
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae I
for: Voice (bass), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1317245
Cantata for Easter Sunday
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 769174
Viola (Orchestral Part)
Single part Viola
Item no.: 949052