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.
Praeclassica
for: Harpsichord
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 421296
Praeclassica
for: Viola
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421295
WV 418
for: für Orchester Viola
Single part Viola
Item no.: 1135281
WV 418
for: für Orchester Violine 1
Single part Violin 1
Item no.: 1134907
WV 418
for: für Orchester Violine 2
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 1134986
(nach BWV 99/125/115)
for: Flute, oboe d'amore, violin, string orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 460285
(nach BWV 99/125/115)
for: Flute, oboe d'amore, violin, string orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 460283
Kantate zum Neujahrsfest HoWV II.29
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 772196
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230002
Psalm 110 (109)
HWV 232
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1642577
Psalm 110 (109)
HWV 232
for: 5 soloists (SSATB), mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1642576
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 2
Item no.: 676216
zum Pfingstfest über Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1043160
Cantata for the 4th Sunday in Advent.
Reconstruction Uwe Wolf
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 797225
Consortium
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 265809
in Sätzen von Johann Sebastian Bach
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Single part descant recorder
Item no.: 1317423
Consortium
for: 4 melodic instruments in C (quartet)
Part 1
Item no.: 645230
Cantata for the 11th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (STB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 797220
Cantata for the Feast of Ascension
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 797167
Cantata for the Feast of Ascension
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir, orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 797166
Cantata for the 18th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bachausgaben
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 771440
Cantata for the 18th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bachausgaben
for: Soloist (alto), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 771439
Kantate zum Sonntag nach Neujahr
Viola
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 681098
in due cori
Stuttgarter Vivaldi Ausgaben - Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Single part Organ
Item no.: 680217
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 642063
Psalm 129
for: Soloists, mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 1121042
German Magnificat
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), basso continuo
Instrumental part 4 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 1105999
Urtext Stuttgart Handel Edition
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 779143
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 647231
HWV 305a
Einzelstimme Va.
for: Viola
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236495
HWV 296a
Einzelstimme Org.
for: Organ
Single part Organ
Item no.: 236486
Single part Trumpet 2
Item no.: 236323
ZWV 169
Einzelstimme Vc. (Kb.)
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 236172
for: 6 soloists (SAATTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Organ
Item no.: 1610727
Wq 217
Einzelstimme Coro 2: Vl. 1
for: Soloist (alto), 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 orchestras
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 421975
TWV 51:A3
Einzelstimme Solo- Vl.
for: Violin, strings, basso continuo
Single part (Violin solo)
Item no.: 234715
aus: Matthäuspassion "Laßt uns mit Ernst betrachten"
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234636
Kantate zum 2. Pfingsttag
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234615
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 234292
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230672
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230670
for: Mixed choir (SSATB), orchestra
Viola 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230479
Osterhistorie
for: 4 soloists (SSAT), 2 mixed choirs (SSATB, SSATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230465
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230219
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230077
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 230030
für Tenor (oder Sopran), 2 Violinen und Basso continuo
Psalm 42
for: Voice (soprano/tenor), 2 violins, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 229901
Cantata for the 3rd Sunday in Advent (Reconstruction)
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 234054