“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.
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score (C), Parts
Item no.: 1690180
Alfred Choral Designs
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1670936
BWV 787/788/789/790/791
für 3 Spieler (Xylophon, Vibraphon, Marimba)
for: 3 Percussionists
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1689841
Chorale Prelude: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1668818
Solo for Bb Flugel Horn & Concert Band (Crossover funky version)
for: Flugelhorn, concert band
Score
Item no.: 1676925
for: SATB and Keyboard
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1094367
BWV 792
bearbeitet für Streichtrio
for: Violin, viola, cello (string trio)
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 4141
O Jesulein suess
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1037393
bearbeitet für Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 676028
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1039181
for: 4 cellos
Score, Parts
Item no.: 670713
for: SATB, opt. Congregation, Organ, Brass Quartet, Timpani
Set of parts
Item no.: 913212
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 878454
aus "Das kleine Orgelbüchlein"
for: 2 trumpets, horn, trombone, tuba (quintet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1138672
Now All the Woods are Sleeping
for: Women's choir (SSAA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038593
Contrapunctus XI from "The Art of Fugue"
for: 20 Vokalisten (5S/5A/5T/5B)
Choir score
Item no.: 736868
BWV 939
for: 2 guitars
Ensemble score (pdf download)
Item no.: 1037
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SAB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1038693
for: Guitar
Music score, CD
Item no.: 1114774
for flute and piano
for: Flute, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1689276
aus der Kantate "Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe", BWV 156
bearbeitet für Klarinette / Tenorsaxophon und Orgel
for: Clarinet (B-flat) [tenor saxophone], organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1380
BWV 926, aus dem Clavierbüchlein für W. Fr. Bach
for: Harpsichord [piano]
Sheet music
Item no.: 1569
aus der Suite Nummer 3
Festliche Musik Satz 1
for: Accordion orchestra
Set of parts
Item no.: 1661558
after the version for harpsichord
for: Guitar
Music score
Item no.: 779251
Harmonia-Mixed Choir
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 915847
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 692875
from: Six Little Preludes
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 761731
Choralbearbeitung, BWV 648
for: Oboe, 2 clarinets (B-flat), bassoon
Score, parts (pdf download)
Item no.: 1033
For God Has Loved the World so Well
for: 2 Solostimmen, Chor und Orchester
Study score
Item no.: 749284
Southern Music
for: Flute
Music score
Item no.: 925256
Gestatteter Nachdruck (1900, Breitkopf & Härtel, Leipzig)
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1200643
for: Vocal and Organ
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1157932
Beside thy Cradle, BWV 248
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 1037828
Thou Guide of Israel, Hearken-Du Hirte Israel, hoere
for: SSAA , Keyboard [Organ or Piano]
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 1041822
Geistliche Musik
for: Unison Voices or solo Voice and Organ
Einzelstimme
Item no.: 905066
for: Low Voice [F] and Piano
Book
Item no.: 1078170
Choral
for: SATB
Choir score
Item no.: 1656333
for: Male choir (TTBB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 1038453
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 920301
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1108516
Lyre Series
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1547243
for: 4 Violas
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1108413
Come ye, our way is up to Jerusalem
for: 4 Soli, Chor und Kammerorchester
Study score
Item no.: 749285
for: 4 saxophones (SATBar)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1133222
(BWV 1031) from the Sonata for Flute and Cembalo obbligato Eb major
for: Flute, piano
Music score
Item no.: 734302
for: Organ Score
Score
Item no.: 1093495
Classic Composers
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 972467
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1203363
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