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.
BWV 245
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116685
BWV 244
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Soloists, 2 mixed choirs (SATB, SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 116686
Urtext Primo – A new concept for the beginner
Edition with German and English Commentary
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition, anthology)
Item no.: 498364
Easiest Piano Pieces
Easy Composer Series
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 632994
Oratorio in 3 Parts for Soloists (SATB), Choir and Orchestra (Urtext)
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 379050
Hal Leonard Classical Play Along
for: Treble recorder
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 809701
The Bartók Performing Editions
With performance marks, fingering and commentaries for beginners
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 254879
Edited from the sources
Wiener Urtext Edition
for: Cello, basso continuo
Piano score, parts
Item no.: 471291
50 Popular Classics in Easy Arrangements
for: Violin, piano
Music score, online playback
Item no.: 663159
Original Works and Arrangements
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 612201
for: Flute; basso continuo ad lib.
Music score
Item no.: 200250
BWV 1001–1006
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 378868
Songs 1-25
for: Voice (low), piano [organ]
Music score
Item no.: 144145
Hortus Musicus 178
for: Oboe [flute/violin], basso continuo
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 122140
of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries
Schirmer's Library Of Musical Classics
for: Voice (medium/low), piano
Music score (anthology), online audio (playback)
Item no.: 213674
Original Works and Arrangements
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 634676
Motet – "Jesu, meine Freude"
Urtext Stuttgarter Bach-Ausgaben
for: Mixed choir (SSATB); instruments colla parte, basso continuo ad lib.
Score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 226945
Novello Handel Edition
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 225360
"Actus tragicus"
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Mixed choir (SATB), baroque orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 167439
King's Singers Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATTBB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 811648
for: 2 voices, piano
Score
Item no.: 111704
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 214205
Psalm 126
for: Voice, piano
Piano reduction
Item no.: 388616
Musica per la tastiera
Tastenmusik aus dem 16. und 17. Jahrhundert
Német billentyűs muzsika
for: Piano [harpsichord/organ]
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 266335
The Art of playing the Harpsichord
for: Harpsichord
Music lesson book
Item no.: 284706
The Original First and Second Books – Including Dowland's Original Lute Tablature
Transcribed for Voice and Guitar
for: Voice, guitar [lute]
Score
Item no.: 228281
Konzerte für Violine, Streicher und Basso continuo
leicht bearbeitet
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1215440
Special edition for the Handel memorial year 2009
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano [harpsichord]
4 music scores (Urtext)
Item no.: 483531
The Bartók Performing Editions-Instruktive Ausgaben von Béla Bártok
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 771806
for descant recorder or another melodic instrument (flute, oboe or violin)
for: Descant recorder
Music score (anthology)
Item no.: 299681
Begräbnismusik in drei Teilen für Singstimmen und Basso continuo
Stuttgarter Schütz-Ausgabe Urtext
for: 8 voices (SSAATTBB), organ, bass; mixed choir (SSATTB), 6 melody instruments colla parte ad lib.
Score
Item no.: 423286
for: Flute
Music score, CD
Item no.: 370751
Un choix d'exercices et de pièces pour débutants en deux volumes
for: Harpsichord
Music lesson book, demo CD
Item no.: 466494
for: Violin, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 722286
for choir and Basso continuo
for: Mixed choir, basso continuo
Score
Item no.: 303691
Volume with detailed booklet in English
for: Voice (soprano), piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 243453
Arrangement of the "Stabat Mater" by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
STUTTGARTER BACH-AUSGABEN
Urtext
for: 2 voices (SA), 2 violins, viola, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 137218
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 759092
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 404234
Cantata for the Feast of Visitation B. V. M.
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: 4 soloists (SATB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra, basso continuo
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 137089
15 Pieces Arranged for Three or More Guitarists
for: Guitar ensemble
Buch
Item no.: 638512
Songs 26–50
for: Voice (high), piano
Score
Item no.: 137444
HWV 54
for: 6 soloists (SSATBB), mixed choir (SATB), orchestra
Piano reduction (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 550475
Vocal Score and Full Score
for: Soloists, mixed choir, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 207093
Dowani 3 Tempi Play Along
for: Descant recorder
Buch + CD
Item no.: 483317
for: Voice (high), piano
Music score
Item no.: 137400
Hal Leonard Classical Play-Along Series
for: Piano
Music score, Playback-CD
Item no.: 601312
for: Ukulele
Music score (with tabs – anthology), online audio
Item no.: 611030
from Suite No. 3
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 759091
Parte prima No. 1 - 6
EMB Urtext
for: Flute, basso continuo
Score, Parts (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 193252