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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.
O how fair are all thy dwellings
Instrumental part 4 (Choir 2)
Item no.: 425138
Kantate zum 4. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Cello, double bass (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424878
Version Hellmann/Glöckner
Edition published in cooperation with the Bach-Archiv Leipzig, reconstructed version (2001)
Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben Urtext
for: 3 soloists (SAT), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Viola da gamba 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424854
QV 5:116
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: Flute solo, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424846
for: Orgel solo, Orchester (2 Oboen, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Basso continuo)
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 424722
for: Orgel solo, Orchester (2 Oboen, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Basso continuo)
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424719
for: Orgel solo, Orchester (2 Oboen, 2 Violinen, Viola, Violoncello, Basso continuo)
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 424718
"La Notte"
for: Flöte (Alt-Blockflöte), Streichorchester und Basso continuo
Single part Viola
Item no.: 741506
Geistliches Konzert
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232109
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Favorit choir (smezttbarb), orchestra; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB) ad lib.
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231967
aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 231937
Der zwölfjährige Jesus im Tempel. Aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III (1650)
for: Cor anglais
Single part(n)
Item no.: 231884
aus: Psalmen Davids
Motette
for: Favorit choir (SMezT, SMezAT, AT, ATBarB), chapell choir (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Viola 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 231759
aus: Psalmen Davids
Motette
for: Favorit choir (SMezT, SMezAT, AT, ATBarB), chapell choir (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 231751
aus: Psalmen Davids
Motette
for: Favorit choir (SMezT, SMezAT, AT, ATBarB), chapell choir (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Single part(n)
Item no.: 231750
O be joyful / O frohlocke in dem Herrn (Psalm 100)
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SSAATTBB), orchestra, basso continuo
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230573
Klinget mit Freuden, ihr klaren Klarinen BuxWV 65
Urtext Stuttgarter Buxtehude-Ausgaben
for: 3 voices (SSB), 2 trumpets (C), 2 violins, violone, basso continuo
Single part Trumpet 1, 2 (C)
Item no.: 694180
(nach BWV 99/125/115)
for: Flute, oboe d'amore, violin, string orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Oboe damore solo
Item no.: 460282
(nach BWV 99/125/115)
for: Flute, oboe d'amore, violin, string orchestra, basso continuo
Single part (Flute solo)
Item no.: 460280
(nach BWV 99/125/115)
for: Flute, oboe d'amore, violin, string orchestra, basso continuo
Single part Harpsichord
Item no.: 245402
Kantate zum Neujahrsfest HoWV II.29
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772194
Kantate zum 16. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233489
Kantate zum 4. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 3 soloists (ATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 233332
Kantate zum 2. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, organ
Single part Viola
Item no.: 232728
Viola da gamba 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 232639
Single part Organ
Item no.: 248200
ZWV 84
Einzelstimme Vl. 2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 235271
aus: Aesopus bei Hofe
Arie aus der Oper "Aesopus bei Hofe"
for: Violin
Single part Violin
Item no.: 234629
Violin 2 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 230003
G. Schirmer Band-Orchestra
Single part Horn
Item no.: 896871
for: String quartet [string orchestra]
Single part Violin 2
Item no.: 644624
ZWV 21
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Theorbo
Item no.: 669210
ZWV 21
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Single part Viola
Item no.: 669207
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 violins, basso continuo
Cello (orchestral part)
Item no.: 191502
Kantate zum 3. Sonntag nach Epiphanias
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Basso continuo (orchestral part)
Item no.: 673230
Ein Segen
Autorschaft unsicher, durch Christiane Engelbrecht Schütz zugewiesen
for: Basso continuo
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 232170
aus: Des Königs und Propheten Davids 119. Psalm in 11 Stücken (Opus ultimum)
for: 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), 2 organs; 8 melodic instruments (colla parte) ad lib.
Single part Basso continuo
Item no.: 232147
Psalm 24
for: Favorit choir (SATB), double bass, organ; 2 chapell choirs (SATB, SATB, SSATTB) ad lib.
Single part Bassoon 1
Item no.: 232121
Geistliches Konzert
Single part Trombone 3
Item no.: 232112
Geistliches Konzert
Single part Trombone 1
Item no.: 232110
Tenor part (strings)
for: 6 voices [Instruments]
Part 4
Item no.: 368043
Single part Cello/Double bass
Item no.: 365306
for: Flute, strings, basso continuo
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 133463
Passions-Cantate, nach der Poesie des Herrn Buschmann HoWV I.2
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Viola (orchestral part)
Item no.: 772555
for: 2 favorit choirs (SSATB, SATB); 5 viole da gamba, double bass, organ ad lib.
Single part
Item no.: 1160678
Sinfonia - Terzo Ballo - Sesto Ballo - Settimo Ballo - Ottavo Ballo
Nagels Musik-Archiv
for: Cello
Single part Cello
Item no.: 430368
22. Sonntag nach Trinitatis
for: Symphonic orchestra
Violin 1 (orchestral part)
Item no.: 246808
Bearbeitung für Blockflötenquartett
nach dem Concerto in a RV 356 aus "L'estro armonico" op. 3
for: 4 recorders (SninoATB)
Single part Recorder 1
Item no.: 231144