“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.
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Choir score
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Passio secundum Joannem BWV 245 - Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Fassung IV (1749) mit der unvollendeten Revision 1739 im Anhang
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Study score
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Study score
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Book (softcover)
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nach Interpretationen von Pablo Casals
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Music score
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Book (Hardcover)
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Music score
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for: String orchestra
Score, Parts
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Music score
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Score
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for: 2 soloists (SA), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
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Eb
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Piano/Voice/Guitar
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
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Choir score
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Score
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for: Fanfare
Score, Parts
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Choir score
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Music score
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for: Accordion orchestra
Score, Parts
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Score
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Cantata for the 8th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
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for: Choir (2 voices), piano
Score
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Score
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for: Children's choir (2 voices), pian; strings ad lib.
Score
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Es erhub sich ein Streit
Cantata at St Michael and All Angels
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Score (Urtext edition)
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Piano reduction
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for: Guitar
Music score
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for: Women's choir (SSA), piano
Piano reduction
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for medium voice and piano
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Single edition
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Study score
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Piano reduction
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"Christ lag in Todes Banden"
Cantata for Easter Sunday
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Choir score
Item no.: 1703391
Volume with detailed booklet in English
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
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Cantata for funeral service / Purification of Mary.
Reconstruction Klaus Hofmann
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
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Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1671981
Klassik
for: Alto Voice and Piano
Book
Item no.: 964692
Klassik
for: Women's choir (SA), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 964739
from Schmelli's Hymnal for Voice and Guitar BWV 439-507
for: Voice, guitar
Music score, online media
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Presented by Daniel Grimwood
more than the score...
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 675026
Kantate zum Reformationsfest
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 233311
Cantata for Whit Sunday BWV 74
after the second setting by Bach
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
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Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 233226
Cantata for the 21st Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
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Choir score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 232936
Kantate zum Reformationsfest (Rekonstruktion der ersten Leipziger Fassung)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), chamber orchestra
Study score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 681015
for tenor and piano (en/dt)
Volume with detailed booklet in English
for: Voice (tenor), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 334480
Cantata for 25th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 550964
Cantata for the 2nd day of Pentecost
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 666939
Cantata for the 1st Sunday in Advent
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 663108
Kantate zum Sonntag Exaudi
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Choir score
Item no.: 660038
Cantata for the 7th Sunday after Trinity
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
Graduated prices on request
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Choir score
Item no.: 673181
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