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.
from Essercizii musici
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Flute, basso continuo
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 586178
Early version
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 444394
for: Treble recorder, guitar
Score, Parts
Item no.: 297983
aus "L' estro armonico"
Ausgabe für Violine und Klavier [mit CD: Orchester-Begleitung zur Solostimme]
MusicPartner - Klassik zum Mitspielen
for: Violin, piano
Piano reduction, solo part, Playback-CD
Item no.: 291321
HWV 371, 372, 373
With continuo accompaniment on CD
MusicPartner
for: Violin, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 582173
aus: Selva morale e spirituale
Urtext
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, ATTB), basso continuo; 8 melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 666655
HWV 361, 368, 370
With continuo accompaniment on CD
MusicPartner
for: Violin, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 1670806
for: 6 trumpets
Score, Parts
Item no.: 628863
Band I: Harmonielehre
Reprint der Ausgabe Berlin 1771
Book (softcover)
Item no.: 371095
Oratorium für 4 Singstimmen, Chor und Orchester
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 223591
60 choral highlights for upper voices
From 16th century to the present day
for: Women's choir a cappella
Choir book
Item no.: 659893
2. Fassung mit 4 Einlagesätzen der Es-Dur-Fassung (transponiert)
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Basso continuo, Orgel
Stimme, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 133785
for: 2 clarinets
Ensemble score, solo parts
Item no.: 1016391
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 180209
Sueddeutsche Orgelmeister Des Barock Bd 6
for: Organ manuals [piano]
Item no.: 217153
Preludes and Fugues - Suites - Partitas
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 278423
Partitur und Stimmen
for: 4 brass instruments
Sheet music
Item no.: 597176
Cantata for Christmas Day
Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Organ
Item no.: 552479
from "Judas Maccabeus"
for: 4 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones, 2 tubas
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995977
HWV 361, 368, 370
With continuo accompaniment on CD
MusicPartner
for: Violin, basso continuo
Piano score, solo part, playback-CD
Item no.: 582172
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 196758
for: Blechbläserquartett
Score, Parts
Item no.: 361813
Hunting Cantata
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1654165
FKV 46
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 422118
Kantate zum Neujahrsfest HoWV II.29
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 580336
for: Blechbläserquintett und Orgel
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996642
Hunting Cantata
for: 4 soloists (SSTB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 797986
from 7 Triosonatas for Flute, Violin and Continuo (Flute and Harpsichord)
(Urtext)
for: Flute, violin, basso continuo
Score, Parts
Item no.: 553787
per Soprano, Contralto, 2 Violini e Basso continuo
Urtext-Ausgabe
for: 2 voices (SA), 2 violins, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 549796
Musica Antiqua Bohemica
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Score
Item no.: 1106025
BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Violine, Cello, Orchester
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116288
Marienvesper SV 206
Urtext
for: 7 soloists (SSATTBB), mixed choir (SSATTB), orchestra, basso continuo
Study score
Item no.: 627381
for: Flute Quintet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995927
for: 5 saxophones (SAATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 313631
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Ensemble score
Item no.: 115124
for: Flute Sextet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995960
Kantate zum Neujahrsfest HoWV II.29
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 1667175
BWV 972 and Op. 3 No. 9 RV230
for: 5 brass winds
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996763
for Soloist and Brass Quintet
for: Trumpet (solo), brass quintet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996564
from "Essercizii musici"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Oboe, basso continuo
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 586179
for: 2 Voices [High/Medium] and Piano
Book
Item no.: 604162
Band I
for: Organ manuals [harpsichord/piano]
Spielpartitur, Sammelband
Item no.: 115125
Komposition für 2 Instrumentalchöre, Favoritchor, 2 Capellchöre ad lib. und Basso continuo
for: Gemischte Chöre (3), Orchester
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116316
Nr. 4, 6, 7, 8, 10 und 11
for: 4 recorders (SATB quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 275134
Partitur und Stimmen
for: 4 trombones (quartet)
Sheet music
Item no.: 596235
from Rinaldo
for: Flute Sextet
Score, Parts
Item no.: 995941
from Terpsichore
for: 4 Klarinetten und Percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 996046