“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.
Ach Herr, Mich Armen Sünder
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1214338
4 Renaissance and Baroque Dialogues for Organ and Brass Quartet
for: Brass Quartet and Organ
Score, Parts
Item no.: 909049
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1558074
for: Brass instrument
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 205741
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 300962
Was sie verbindet – was sie trennt
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 469956
Aria BWV 508
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671607
FOR PIANO
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 299621
Non sa che sia dolore
for: 4 flutes (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 269086
for: 3 TRP PK ORG
Score, Parts
Item no.: 139680
for: BFL QUARTETT (AAAB)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 555937
Aus dem "Notenbüchlein für Anna Magdalena Bach
Viva la musica. Schul- und Hausmusiken
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 367557
for: 5 recorders (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 365303
orig. pour flute et clavecin
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 341420
for: 4 horns (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 350392
for: 2 euphoniums, 2 tubas (F/B-flat)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 476330
für Orgel
for: Organ
Item no.: 348384
for: 4 recorders (quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 244087
for: Klavier solo, Violine solo, Flöte, Streichorchester
Item no.: 111825
Kantate zu Sexagesimae
Study score
Item no.: 616051
for: Trumpet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 247594
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 253227
for: Singstimme (mittel), (A) Blockflöte (A) / Flöte, Basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 430876
Clásicos para todos
for: Flexible ensemble
Music score
Item no.: 776401
Jahresgabe 2010 der internationalen Bach-Gesellschaft Schaffhausen
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 580420
Kantate zu Mariae Reinigung
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 556141
Cantata for the New Year's Day
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 485329
Kyrie-Gloria-Messe (Lutherische Messe)
for: 3 soloists (SAB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 424222
für Sopran, Alt, Traversflöte,
2 Violinen, Viola und Bc, Partitur
for: SOLOGESANG (INCL. MEHRERE SOLOSTIMMEN) ZWEI SINGSTIMMEN ZWEI SINGSTIMMEN MIT KAMMERENSEMBLE (MEHRERE INSTR.)
Item no.: 492013
Choralbearbeitung aus der Kantate BWV 147
for: Flexible ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1050433
Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 392257
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
Eulenburg Studienpartituren
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 392221
for: 4 bassoons
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1563604
Hinshaw Sacred
for: SATB, Solo, Keyboard
Choir score
Item no.: 1058058
Hinshaw Sacred
for: 2-Part Choir and Keyboard
Choir score
Item no.: 1057194
Kantate zum 16. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ solo
Harmony parts (complete winds)
Item no.: 232869
Shawnee Sacred
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 1122155
1900-1950
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 295757
for: 2 clarinets (B-flat)
Parts (2)
Item no.: 1563220
for: Concert band
Conductors part (C), Parts
Item no.: 1562179
[CD: Orchester-Begleitung zur Solostimme Violine - in verschiedenen Übe-Tempi]
MusicPartner - Klassik zum Mitspielen
CD
Item no.: 300082
for: String orchestra
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1077957
Klassik
for: Eb Clarinet and 2 Bb Clarinets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1531057
Aus dem Wohltemperierten Klavier 1
Nr. 12, 14, 16 & 18
for: 2 violins, viola, cello
Score, Parts
Item no.: 370716
for: Trumpet, organ
Organ score, solo part
Item no.: 373089
Vorträge 1970-1981
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 234296
Kantate zum 3. Pfingsttag
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben (durchgesehene Neuauflage)
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 234030
Kantate zum 8. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 233952
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